Quarterly Dose - January 2011
Review past articles from the Quarterly Dose.
Letter from the Director: January 2011
January 28, 2011 by CWW Staff
In this edition of the Quarterly Dose, CWW senior program associate Meklit Berhan highlights CWW's activities around WASH in Schools. Plus, we feature our partnerships to promote comprehensive STH control, including those with UNICEF and Helen Keller International (HKI). We also learn from program partner, Irina Spencer, how the mebendazole donations have benefited Cape Verde.
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In: January 2011
Partner Profile: Irina Spencer of Cape Verde
January 28, 2011 by CWW Staff
In this partner profile, Ms. Irina Spencer, Program Coordinator of the STH Program in Cape Verde, explains how the mebendazole donation from Johnson & Johnson enabled Cape Verde's Ministry of Health (MoH) to tackle the high STH prevalence among the country's children.
(Pictured to left: Irina Spencer, working with Marco Albonico of the Ivo de Carneri Foundation to develop Plan of Action for Elimination of STH as a Public Health Problem in Cape Verde.)
In: January 2011
CWW and Helen Keller International (HKI) Work to Improve Hygiene Education in Cambodia
January 28, 2011 by CWW Staff
CWW, Helen Keller International (HKI), and the Cambodian government collaborated on a project that developed a primary school health curriculum to better promote hygiene to break the cycle of infection.
In: January 2011
A Call to Action: WASH in Schools
January 28, 2011 by CWW Staff
CWW attended UNICEF's Call to Action for WASH in Schools event in Washington DC to learn what we can all do to ensure school children around the world have adequate water and sanitation facilities in their schools.
(Pictured to left: Attendee at launch of Global Call to Action for WASH in Schools. Photo Credits: Ellyn Walter, Water Advocates)
In: January 2011