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August 20, 2008

Improved Sanitation Can Reduce Death of Children

by Jaehyang So, New Vision, Uganda - Every year in mid-August, the world's leading water experts gather to focus on one subject that preoccupies the international community. This year, the Stockholm International Water Institute is hosting experts in the World Water Week as they turn their attention to the under-appreciated yet critical development issue of sanitation.

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