Environmental Health Update – Apr 11, 2003

Online Articles
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• WHO Bulletin, Mar 2003 – The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated  from studies published between 1992 and 2000.
• Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2003 – Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children
• Emerging Infectious Diseases, Apr 2003  – Cost of Illness in the 1993 Waterborne Cryptosporidium Outbreak, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• WHO Bulletin, Mar 2003 – Evaluation of a water, sanitation, and hygiene education intervention on diarrhoea in northern Pakistan

New Reports

• CHANGE Project – A Behavior Change Perspective on Integrating PMTCT and Safe Motherhood Programs: A Discussion Paper   
• EHP – EHP Presentation on Urban Poverty and Environmental Health, March 2003.
• WSP – Sustainability Planning and Monitoring in Community Water Supply and Sanitation, 2003 

New or Updated Websites

• Centers for Disease Control – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 
• International Centre on Diarrhoeal Diseases Research – Revised ICDDRB Website
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences – Children’s Environmental Health
• World Resources Institute – Environmental profiles of Iraq and Other Countries