This baby incubator was the result of a search for a cheap simple and safe design suitable for Mvumi Hospital in Tanzania.
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A comprehensive guide on how to use this tray dryer - you can dry herbs, fruit, vegetables, and even colouring materials and textiles. Temperature control, equipment and timing are important.
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Järven Ecotech designs and installs complete treatment plants for purifying and collecting surface/storm water, leachate, industrial water and sewerage water. For example, Järven Ecotech’s totally unique floating walls/baffles can replace conventional surface/storm water purification solutions on the market, such as dug/excavated surface water basins, sedimentation tanks and filtering solutions.
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At Laduviken, 5 million Swedish kronor is invested in a water park, which will reduce the amount of pollutants entering the lake through storm water. The aim is, among other things, to reduce phosphorus by 25%.
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Providing clean water and sanitation in developing countries involves more than clean water supply, and wastewater disposal, it may best be seen as part of the move towards water security: building resilience to ‘water related hazards’ and ensuring there is sufficient water of sufficient quality for productive sectors as well as ecosystems. The appropriate interventions may include large or small-scale infrastructure; policy, legislation and institutional restructuring; and, behavioural change through support for awareness raising and education initiatives.
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A UNIDO delegation comprising director Mr. Pradeep Monga and project managers from the Department of Energy met with city leaders from around the world in Singapore for the launch of the ‘Global Platform for Sustainable Cities’, or GPSC, which is part of an initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that is expected to mobilize up to $1.5 billion over the next five years for urban sustainability programs in 11 developing countries, including Brazil, Cote D’Ivoire, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, South Africa, and Vietnam.
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Climate change is predicted to have significant impacts on environmental resources in Tanzania. Food production, water and health will all be affected. Certain groups will be more vulnerable to these impacts than others. National adaptation plans and policies will need to prioritise the needs of these groups.Many Tanzanians depend on the natural environment for their subsistence
and income, such as forests which provide timber, non-timber forest products
and charcoal. These resources may be impacted by climate change. Furthermore, low -
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Lack of basic sanitation and safe water is a major issue for women and girls who live in poor and overcrowded areas. This joint undertaking by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) collects and analyses noteworthy examples that illustrate the impact of women on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) activities, in order to show its potential for transformative change.
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This report argues that taking a life cycle approach and securing good nutritional status for women across the life course will in the long term reduce child underweight and stunting. It argues that around 30% of all women aged 15 to 49 years are thought to be anaemic, and the highest proportions of these anaemic women live in Africa and South East Asia. The prevalence of anaemia in adolescent girls is thought to be even higher.