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PSI in the Huffington Post - On World Water Week 2010
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In the time it takes you to read this post, another eight children in developing countries will have died from water-related illnesses. That, I think we can all agree, is no way to start the school year. In fact, at least 1.6 million children from developing countries won't...
PSI Hosting Seminar to Kick off World Water Week in Stockholm
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PSI joins USAID, UNICEF, WHO and others to host a seminar on improving water quality to kick off World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. World Water Week takes place September 5 through 11, and this year's theme will be "The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and...
GiveWell Blog Offers Advice on Pakistan Giving
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From the GiveWell Blog: We’ve been researching the cause of disaster relief, with the goal of doing a better job than we have in the past serving the donors who come to us for help in the wake of a crisis. At this point our research is still in progress, but we can offer...
PSI in Los Angeles Times - Circumcision campaigns are rolling out in Africa to prevent HIV infections
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Circumcision programs are slowly beginning to be rolled out in sub-Saharan Africa in hopes of reducing the toll of HIV infections in the area, researchers said Tuesday at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna. Some predicted that more than 4 million new HIV infections...
Pakistan flood aid not getting through - UN
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UN aid agencies have said hundreds of thousands of people affected by the floods in Pakistan have yet to receive aid, adding that the relief operation remains underfunded. Officials say the humanitarian situation there remains one of the most serious they have ever...