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Tag Archives: Public health

12Feb/17

Won’t solemnise weddings without proof of toilets, declare Muslim imams in northern India

February 12, 2017Human InterestAnthropology, Bathrooms, Country: India, Haryana, Humanities, Hygiene, Imam, India, Marriage, Mewat, Moeen Khan, Narendra Modi, Public health, Public toilets, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission, Toilets, Urinal, Wedding, Yahae Karimsmbale

In a unique move, over 1,200 Muslim imams in India’s northern Haryana state declare that they will not solemnise a wedding without proofs of toilets at the residences of prospective brides and grooms.
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14Jul/16

Elevator chair turns into toilet

July 14, 2016HealthcareBathrooms, Elevator, Euthenics, EV Cabinet, Human Interest, Hygiene, Japan, Lavatory, Mainichi Shimbun, Nobuhiro Kubo, Portable toilet, Public health, Sanitation, Street furniture, Toilet, Toilets, Tokyosmbale

Japanese company Mainichi Inc creates elevator chair that turns into a portable toilet during emergencies.
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11Feb/16

Actress Michelle Yeoh launches ground breaking road safety initiative

February 11, 2016WorldAuto-Moto Association of Macedonia, Company: Prudential, Continent: Asia, Disaster/Accident, Federation Internationale De l'Automobile, Hygiene, Land transport, Make Roads Safe, Michelle Yeoh, Occupational safety and health, Prudential, Public health, Road safety, Road traffic safety, Transport, Worker road safetysmbale

Globally 1.3 million people are killed on roads every year including 500 children daily.
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11Feb/16

Malawi grapples with hunger years after grain surplus

February 11, 2016EnvironmentAgriculture, Articles, Cecilia Kaziputa, City: Lilongwe, Company: ThomsonReuters, Country: Malawi, Desmond Phiri, Efrida Daka, Energy crops, Environment, Food and drink, Food security, Geography of Africa, Humanitarian aid, LILONGWE, Limbic system, Maize, Malawi, Malawian food crisis, Malnutrition, Mikison Mbewe, Motivation, Neuropsychology, Nutrition, Poverty, Public health, Region: Southern Africa, RTT, United Nations World Food Programmesmbale

Hunger is again stalking Malawi, with 2.8 million people at risk in a country recently lauded for slashing malnutrition rates. Floods and drought have hit the staple maize crop, exposing the fragility of Malawi’s progress, which was partly rooted in a fertilizer grant for small-scale farmers that the cash-strapped government, now starved of donor funds, can ill afford.
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