Estimates on the prevalence of child maltreatment vary widely, but the numbers are wrenching: around the world, 4%-16% of all children are…
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General Childhood nonsexual trauma: The long-term outcomes of physical and emotional maltreatment and neglectRead more
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General Telling Toilet Tales—Celebrating the Eleventh Annual World Toilet Day, November 19, 2012Read more
What would it be like if you had no toilet and no running water in your home? Not only for a brief…
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General Underground Water in Africa: Hopes and CautionsRead more
A few days ago, the New York Times ran an op-ed piece about recently identified large reserves of groundwater in Africa (Africa’s…
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General The Neurological Legacy of Childhood TraumaRead more
It’s almost common knowledge that many people who experienced trauma as children have a harder time in adult life. Indeed, over the…
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General Poop Excavated from Old Latrines Finds New LifeRead more
What good is human excrement? For most of us, it’s something to be flushed away, washed off, and certainly not discussed in…
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General Today is World Water Day (March 22, 2012)Read more
The United Nations General Assembly declared March 22, 1993 the first World Water Day. This year, the event is coordinated by FAO …
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General Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Causal Link?Read more
Although injury and death define war, every war is unique in its predominant types of injury and causes of death. World War…
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General Sanitation is Key in Controlling Worm DiseasesRead more
Diarrhea, abdominal pain, malaise, anemia, and delayed child development: these are the debilitating effects of one group of diseases, the soil-transmitted helminths…
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General Celebrate World Toilet Day, November 19, 2011Read more
The world is facing a widespread water and sanitation crisis. About 2.6 billion people – 40% of the global human population &ndash…
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Conference news African Conference on Sanitation MDG 19-21 July 2011Read more
AfricaSan 3, the Third African Conference on Hygiene and Sanitation, currently being held (19-21 July) in Kigali, Rwanda, is being attended by…
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General WHO guidance on household water treatment publishedRead more
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. WHO has just announced…
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General Today: US National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness DayRead more
PTSD, an anxiety disorder that may develop after a person experiences a terrifying event, is known to increase the risk of depression…