Upcoming Events Challenges of Providing Portable Water to the IslandsVenue: Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
Dates: January, 29&30, 2009 Organized by:
Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA)
Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI)
Summary
The National Water Seminar is designed to bring together Government, NGOs and people from the grass roots level to examine the complexities of providing potable water in an island environment. The three focuses of the Seminar will be; water resource development, water quality and community managed water supply systems. Participants will include experts and policy makers from the local, national and international level, especially those from island nations with similar geography. A plenary session will also be held to discuss concrete ways of implementing the outcomes of the seminar. |
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EHA is committed to the transformation of communities with programs that invest in the health and well being of everyone, irrespective of caste, creed or race. It aims to focus on the development and empowerment of women and the health and nurture of the under fives.
A high proportion of India's population continues to suffer and die from preventable infections, pregnancy and childbirth related complications and under nutrition. At the same time new health threats are stretching the capacity of the health system to respond. An estimated 4 million Indians are living with HIV and the virus has spread beyond highly susceptible groups to the general population in some states, threatening to erase much of the social, economic and health gains since Independence. |
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