This article describes how village women of the Dry Zone in Sri Lanka traditionally obtained, purified, and conserved water. The women obtained their... Read more...
One hundred and eight rural mothers were interviewed about childhood diarrhoea. Read more...
This article attempts to set out the major issues of the new integrated water resource management (WRM) policy for further debate rather than giving... Read more...
This issue contains 15 articles on the history and status of malaria control in India with special attention to the roles played by both government... Read more...
This article takes a look at why past policies have failed and, using World Bank experience, examines which new policies may show promise. The... Read more...
Many of the lowest income groups, especially women, in Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, rely on street hydrants as their chief... Read more...
This paper points to the inadequacies in the provision of social infrastructure (including schools, health care facilities and water supply and... Read more...