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  • Afghanistan, Kabul: toilet tribulations


    WASH news Asia & PacificAuthority Authority: 119
    For Kabul’s estimated population of 4-5 million there are only 35 public toilets, according to the municipal authorities. “We need at least 65 extra public latrines in Kabul immediately,” Nesar Ahmad Habibi, head of Kabul’s waste management authority, told IRIN, adding that the lack of government action and ...
    1 day ago
  • Report: Illinois hepatitis A outbreak would have been prevented with proper handwashing (and vaccination)


    BarfBlogAuthority Authority: 434
    The Illinois Health Department has concluded its investigation into this summers hepatitis A outbreak and found that most of the cases originated at the Milan McDonalds and most of the cases “would have been prevented” if only that one employee had properly washed hands. The findings of the investigation by ...
    1 day ago
  • Feeding birds on Thanksgiving


    BarfBlogAuthority Authority: 434
    I enjoyed a nice thanksgiving with my family in Wichita this year. After an enjoyable Thanksgiving lunch, complete with turkey, potatoes, green been casserole, and all the holiday staples, we decided to walk off our turkey coma by visiting the park. My parents live close to Sedgwick County Park in Wichita, KS; we ...
    6 days ago
  • Cook the turkey to 165F, but what about the handwashing? And I thought turkeys could fly - WKRP edition


    BarfBlogAuthority Authority: 434
    Handwashing maven Michéle Samarya-Timm of the Somerset County Health Department (New Jersey, represent), writes:  Thanksgiving…time for perennial traditions in my home such as laying out the thermometers, refilling the soap dispenser in the kitchen and bath, and gathering some videos for family-friendly viewing. ...
    1 week ago
  • Why Cruise Ships Can Make You Sick


    Dr. Fitness and the Fat GuyAuthority Authority: 131
    In today’s Wellness Minute Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy details how you can protect yourself from cruise ship germs. A recent report on the cleanliness of cruise public bathrooms uncovered some disturbing things. While the bathrooms look visibly clean only about half the bathrooms were properly disinfected. The germs ...
    1 week ago
  • Kyle swims through pee; South Park kids debate handwashing


    BarfBlogAuthority Authority: 434
    nuff said.
    2 weeks ago
  • Fighting cholera in Zambia


    FieldnotesAuthority Authority: 124
    School visit in Lusaka, Zambia for UNICEF-supported cholera campaign - “Your life is in your hands” When we arrived at the Twalumba Basic School we are immediately greeted by the District Commissioner, Ms. Christah Kalulu. Ms. Kalulu explained that the students were waiting patiently to see Banja, a ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Musical Hand Wash Timers in Disney Themes


    The Mom ReviewsAuthority Authority: 518
    Articles are published daily on the concerns over swine flu and ways to protect ourselves and our children. And of course there was this weekend’s most recent announcement as well. Pediatricians, the Centers For Disease Control (CDC), and other experts have established guidelines for washing your hands. While Hand ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Gates Foundation awards $10.9 million to study impacts of sanitation on diseases


    WASH News InternationalAuthority Authority: 112
    Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have received a five-year, $10.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate several interventions to combat diarrheal disease in developing countries. Dr. Jack Colford Dr. Jack Colford , professor of epidemiology at UC ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Handwashing for nerds: Are those Dysan jet dryers better than paper towel?


    BarfBlogAuthority Authority: 434
    Amy, Sorenne and I spent a long last weekend in San Francisco, where Amy conferenced, I had some meetings, but mainly just hung out with the kid (three pirates and a little girl, right). The washrooms at the San Francisco airport featured the Dysan airblade , billed as the “fastest, most hygienic hand dryer.” ...
    3 weeks ago
  • More Hand-washing Headlines


    The Assertive Cancer PatientAuthority Authority: 132
    After I wrote my "Typhoid Mary" post the other day, I took a look at my hospitals Web site, and right there front and center on the homepage was this: H1N1 UPDATE Our goal during the flu pandemic is to keep you and your family safe and healthy And then links to pages on visitor restrictions and tips on how to ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Do you know what you’re touching?!


    Thought LeaderAuthority Authority: 542
    Yes, I know. It’s anal. Even slightly creepy. But it makes sense. I freely admit that I am one of those people who hangs around in public toilets waiting for someone else to come in or go out so I don’t have to touch the door handle. Or performing acrobats so I can use my [...]
    4 weeks ago

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    4 weeks ago
  • The Golden Poo Awards. Really.


    Thirsty in SuburbiaAuthority Authority: 418
    Toilet humor (humour) has moved out of the school yard and into the studios of some of the UK’s most creative animators. I thought I was good at the potty puns and chuckles, but the threshold has been raised to astounding heights with the winners of the short film “ Golden Poo Awards ” announced October 15th. In ...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Servant, The Word, and Traditions of Men


    FIRE AND HAMMERAuthority Authority: 119
    Mark 7:1-37 “1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Nepal: Sanitation finally a priority


    WASH news Asia & PacificAuthority Authority: 119
    The diarrhoea that spread earlier in 2009 in 18 districts across Nepal killed nearly 300 people; nearly six months after the initial outbreak, four ministries have finally made a joint commitment to launch a massive water and sanitation campaign to meet the state’s target of providing complete sanitation to all by ...
    4 weeks ago
  • IFH – Use of ash and mud for handwashing


    Sanitation UpdatesAuthority Authority: 472
    Use of ash and mud for handwashing in low income communities . 2009. (pdf, 480KB) Professor Sally F. Bloomfield; Professor Kumar Jyoti Nath. International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene (IFH). Epidemiological and microbiological data show that, in low income communities, as elsewhere, handwashing is particularly ...
    4 weeks ago
  • TWiV 56: Perspicuously perspicacious


    virology blogAuthority Authority: 423
    Hosts : Vincent Racaniello , Dick Despommier , Alan Dove , and Cliff Mintz On episode #56 of the podcast ‘This Week in Virology”, Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Cliff answer questions from listeners on swine influenza origins, transmission, virulence, and vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and more. ...
    4 weeks ago
  • West Africa: stopping cholera emergencies


    WASH news AfricaAuthority Authority: 126
    Cholera outbreaks in West Africa generally trigger extra hand-washings in households and panic-buying of bleach for treating water. But beating the deadly – but easily preventable – illness requires that such hygiene practices become routine, health experts say. Researchers with the London School of Hygiene and ...
    5 weeks ago
  • What Makes a Man Wash His Hands?


    Politics DailyAuthority Authority: 804
    Filed under: Woman Up Disgust. A British study of 250,000 people using public restrooms showed that men washed their hands half as often (32 percent of the time) as women (64 percent) did.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
    5 weeks ago

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