Diarrhea is, globally, the second largest cause of death for children under 5. Contributing to more than 500,000 deaths, only pneumonia kills more children each year.
<p>Diarrhoea is, globally, the second largest cause of death for children under 5. Contributing to more than 500,000 deaths, only pneumonia kills more children each year. Climate change, driving increased flooding and droughts, threatens the fragile progress made in reducing the burden of diarrheal disease over the past decades. Together with the Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development, Amsterdam UMC is set to lead a global consortium in the hunt for improved interventions.</p>
The Coastal Communities Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2R-CD) project of the University of Ghana has renewed its commitment to assist coastal communities access quality groundwater and adequate sanitation systems. This year's theme for World Toilet Day was "Making the Invisible Visible" and focused on the impact of poor sanitation…
The University of Ghana has launched a project dubbed, “TranSforming InSTitutions to Advance women leaders in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Lessons from Ghana and Kenya” (SISTARS). The project is funded by the International Development Research Centre of Canada to address systemic institutional issues pertaining to gender and leadership…