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Toilet Summit Tackles Issue of 'Potty Parity' for Women

Organizations discuss worldwide sanitation in Macau

LiveScience LiveScience Nov 4, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The World Toilet Summit began in Macau today, as UN agencies, civil-society groups and the World Toilet Organization discuss how to provide sanitation for the 2.5 billion who still lack access to a clean lavatory, LiveScience reports. The summit will also address the issue of “potty parity”—the ratio of female to male facilities in public restrooms—as a key initiative in its three-day agenda. More »

More about:  United Nations • developing countries • toilet • restrooms • sanitation • public restrooms

Boy George to Sing for NYC Street Sweepers

Singer plans gig to thank community service co-workers

New York Daily News New York Daily News Jun 12, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boy George is planning a private gig as a thank-you to the people who helped him keep New York's streets clean during his week of court-ordered community service, the New York Daily News reports. The singer, who says city workers treated him very kindly during his 2006 punishment for wasting police time, will play the sanitation department's family picnic this summer. More »

More about:  New York City • concert • singer • sanitation • community service • Boy George

OPINION

It's Time to
Talk More
About Toilets

In disasters like Burma, excrement 'a weapon
of mass destruction'

New York Times New York Times May 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Modern squeamishness about discussing human feces can cost lives, Rose George writes in the New York Times . The recent disastrous cyclone in Burma highlights how important waste-containment (read: latrines) is to staving off disease, but if wealthy nations won't deign to discuss No. 2, it's hard for them to organize aid to help poorer countries with sanitation. More »

More about:  health • Burma • Cyclone Nargis • poop • sanitation

Third of Iraqis Need Critical Aid

Government of violence-riddled nation can't provide basics

BBC BBC Jul 30, 07 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A third of Iraq's population—some 8 million people—are in critical need of emergency aid because they have no food, water or shelter, according to an OXFAM report detailed in the BBC. Trapped in a maelstrom of sectarian violence, the Iraqi government is unable to provide basic needs. Some 4 million Iraqis have either been displaced from their homes or have fled the country. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq war • children • food • poverty • Iraq government • sectarian violence • water • sanitation

Hospitals Make Progress Against Infections

Cheap measures help caregivers prevent thousands of deaths

New York Times New York Times Jul 27, 07 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Infections picked up in hospitals kill nearly 100,000 people in the US every year and are on the rise, but some institutions seem to have found a remedy: simple hygiene. The Times visits the VA hospital in Pittsburgh, which has slashed the rate of virulent bacterial infections by using simple, cheap measures such as making hand sanitizer widely available. More »

More about:  health • hospitals • infection • patients • hygiene • sanitation

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