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WSP: Staff changes
12 Jun 07
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) reported eight recent staff changes.
World Health Organization: guidelines criticised for neglecting evidence
16 May 07
When developing "evidence-based" guidelines, the World Health Organization routinely forgets one key ingredient: evidence. That is the verdict from a study published in The Lancet online.
Asia: Naming and shaming polluters more effective than fear for regulation
27 Apr 07
Naming and shaming Asia's environmentally unfriendly firms is more effective in getting them to clean up their acts than government regulation. “It's an Asian thing. We value reputations and names very much. We don't want to be put to shame," Elisea Gillera Gozun.
Water utilities in South Asia form benchmarking network
27 Apr 07
South Asian utilities have established the South Asian Water Utilities Network (SAWUN) at a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 23-24 April 2007. The utilities designed a partnerships programme with well-performing utilities to develop specific capacities.
UNICEF: Ms. Clarissa Brocklehurst Chief, Water and Environmental Sanitation, New York
27 Apr 07
Ms. Clarissa Brocklehurst assumed her duties as UNICEF’s Chief, Water and Environmental Sanitation in the Programme Division on 1 April 2007.
