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News: Water & Health

2022

 

Announcing the 2022 Global Health Seed Grant Awardees:  Assessing Salmonella Typhi contamination of water in urban settings of Liberia [Seth Ari Sim-Son Hoffman, Stephen P. Luby, Jason Andrews, Alexandria Boehm] | Stanford Global Health | July 8, 2022

Tackling typhoid, one finger prick at a time | Krista Conger | July 6, 2022

New study shows that treatment could reduce child deaths by 30% | HapaKena | May 2, 2022

Chlorinated Drinking Water Doesn’t Disrupt Healthy Gut Microbiomes in Young Children | Tufts University | April 14, 2022

How Does Access to Safe Water Affect Child Mortality? | Center for Global Development | February 16, 2022

Latifah Hamzah ’12: Creating sustainable solutions in Malaysia and beyond | MIT Energy Initiative | January 12, 2022

News: Water Health and Development | Stanford Woods Institute

2019

 

Clean Water for Health in Uganda: Seeking answers to my childhood questions | Dumisile Mphamba | Stanford Medicine: Scope | September 19, 2019

This chlorine dispenser is saving children’s lives in Bangladesh | Rob Jordan | World Economic Forum | August 19, 2019

Fewer Sick Kids When Water Pump Gets Chlorine Dispenser | Rob Jordan | Futurity | August 19, 2019 

A simple device can reduce rates of child diarrhea | Amit Malewar | Tech Explorist | August 9, 2019 

Researchers, including a Stanford epidemiologist, prove a simple device can reduce rates of child diarrhea | Rob Jordan | Stanford News | August 8, 2019 

Gearing up for Local Impact – Coalition against Typhoid Director’s Recap from the 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses | Denise Garrett, M.D., M.Sc. | Sabin Vaccine Institute | April 12, 2019 

2018

 

Stanford researcher says World Toilet Day isn’t all it’s cracked up to be | Jody Berger | Stanford News | November 19, 2018 

Handwashing Behavior Change Think Tank | Global Handwashing | October 10, 2018

Statements of support for WHO’s recommendation on typhoid conjugate vaccine | Dr. Buddha Basnyat | Coalition Against Typhoid | April 3, 2018 

Water works: how a simple technology in Dhaka is changing the way people get clean water | Netherlands for the World Bank | January 24, 2018 

2017

 

Behaviour change intervention found effective in improving urban slum hygiene | MN | icddr,b | November 19, 2017

Celebrate World Toilet Day on Nov 19th | Steve Luby | defeatDD | November 17, 2017

Coalition Against Typhoid Symposium: Antimicrobial Resistance: Transforming Diseases of Poverty into Global Threats (#37) | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | November 6, 2017

In Madagascar, Stanford researchers are working to improve health — and studying lemurs | Ruthann Richter | Stanford Medicine: Scope | February 14, 2017

Using water to improve life in global slums | Rachel Leslie | Stanford Medicine | February 2, 2017 

Also:  Bio-X and Stanford Medicine: Scope

2016

 

Stanford epidemiologist discusses FDA ban of antibacterial compounds in soap | Becky Bach | Stanford Medicine: Scope | September 23, 2016

Alumni Merit Award Winner for 2016 is Stephen Luby (YouTube) | Creighton University | September 20, 2016 

EED Interventions: Ongoing Literature | START Center, Department of Global Health, University of Washington | June 1, 2016

Where He Took Us | Mike Antonucci | Stanford Magazine | May 1, 2016 

Disgust, Shame, and Soapy Water: Tests of Novel Interventions to Promote Safe Water and Hygiene | Sanitation Updates | April 12, 2016

2013

 

Stanford pump project makes clean water no longer a pipe dream | Ruthann Richter | Stanford Medicine: Scope | August 8, 2013

Stanford engineers debug Dhaka’s water | Ruthann Richter | Stanford Engineering | August 07, 2013 

Dishing the Dirt on Hand-Washing Guidelines | Carl Bialik | The Wall Street Journal | July 5, 2013 

Priming the Pumps: Debugging Dhaka's Water | Ruthann Richter | Stanford Medicine | June 1, 2013

Stanford University Wins ASCE Sustainable Development Award at EPA P3 Competition   (Mention)   (Pictures) | Doug Scott | ASCE News | April 22, 2013

Member Q&A: Stephen Luby, MD, Director for Research of the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University | American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | March 14, 2013

2012

 

Feature Guest - Professor Stephen Luby:  Global Water Shortages and Health | Radio New Zealand (RNZ) | November 12, 2012

Water issues prevalent | John Gibb | Otago Daily Times | November 8, 2012

Stephen Luby on global water shortages and health | (Otago International Health Research Network annual conference in Dunedin, New Zealand) | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | November 7, 2012

Steve Luby - Household Water Treatment: a failed public health strategy? | WASHplus | September 14, 2012

Household water treatment: a failed public health strategy? | Bay Area Science | September 7, 2012