#WaterborneDisease

SPRINGS project

This is the reality the SPRINGS project exists to measure — how climate shocks amplify waterborne diarrheal disease, and how that evidence can shape policy before the next crisis.

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#ClimateHealth #SPRINGS #WaterborneDisease #GlobalHealth

SPRINGS project

This is the reality the SPRINGS project exists to measure, how climate shocks amplify waterborne diarrheal disease, and how that evidence can shape policy before the next crisis.

Read the full article → bit.ly/4cmVqr4

#ClimateHealth #SPRINGS #WaterborneDisease #GlobalHealth

WHO publishes 54 pathogen background documents to support safe water and sanitation systems WHO has released 54 WASH-related pathogens new technical background documents that capture the latest science on pathogens linked to drinking-water and sanitation systems.

🚰 Unsafe water and poor sanitation cause 1.4M+ preventable deaths yearly.
@who.int has released background documents on 54 WASH-related pathogens, key for managing #WaterborneDisease risks.

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#WASH #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #ClimateChange

Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Splash Pads... This report characterizes waterborne disease outbreaks associated with splash pads reported to CDC during 1997–2022.

It's that time of year! An oldie but goodie from #CDC: Splash pads as a cause of cryptosporidium outbreaks due to kids vomiting and pooping!

#MedSky #PedsSky #IDSky #swimming #kiddiepool #splashpad #waterbornedisease

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3 men in Mississippi were infected with a newly identified strain of the #bacterium that causes #melioidosis after contact with contaminated #water and soil, the first known cases of environmental transmission in the continental US. #pollution #waterbornedisease www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...