News/Info Archive

News and Events

2010

• Global Handwashing Day - 10/15/10
• Earth Day 2010 - 04/22/10
• World Water Day 2010 - 03/22/10

2009

• World Environment Day 2009 - 06/05/09
• Global Handwashing Day - 10/15/09
• Earth Day 2009 - 04/22/09
• World Water Day 2009 - 03/22/09

2008

• Global Handwashing Day – 10/15/08
• Earth Day 2008 - 04/22/08
• World Water Day 2008 - 03/22/08
• International Women's Day - 03/08/08
• USAID Celebrates International Women's Day - 03/03/08

2007

• United Nations General Assembly Declares 2008 the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) - 11/21/07
• WHO Presents New Country Profiles on the Environmental Burden of Disease - 06/13/07
• World Health Day 2007 - 04/07/07
• USAID Launches New Publication for World Water Day 2007 - 03/22/07

2005

• USAID FrontLines: Partnership to Protect Water, Environment - 11/05
• USAID FrontLines: Pakistan to Receive Safe Water - 11/05
• USAID Point-of-Use Water Treatment Expands to Nine Countries, Prevents Cholera Outbreak - 08/05
• USAID FrontLines: Global Development Alliance Works in Ghana, Niger, and Mali to Build Wells, Latrines - 07/05
• USAID and the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) Launch Sanitation and Hygiene Handbook - 04/12/05 [PDF, 50KB]
• USAID FrontLines: Clean Water Crucial to Improving Urban Health - 03/05

Press Releases and Speeches

2010

• U.S. Provides $3 Million in Assistance Through Pakistan Red Crescent Society - 08/21/10
• Health and Development in Southern Sudan - 05/18/10
• Testimony of Gloria Steele Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health, before the House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations - 03/23/10
  FY2011 Global Health and Child Survival Budget Request
  
  
• Statement from USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on the Occasion of World Water Day - 03/22/10
• The Coca-Cola Company and USAID Expand Global Water Partnership - 03/22/10
• USAID Helps Increase Clean Water and Sanitation Practices in Indonesia - 02/25/10
• Increasing Community Access to Health Services, and Strengthening the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Promoting Health - 02/19/10
• USAID Helps Increase Clean Water and Sanitation Practices in Indonesia - 01/25/10

2009

• US and Vietnam Sign Agreement on Dioxin Environmental Health and Remediation Programs - 12/16/09
• Water and Development Alliance Brings Sanitation and Clean Water to Rural South Africa - 12/8/09
• South African Schoolchildren Gain Clean Water and Sanitation - 04/16/09
• World Water Day - 03/22/09
• U.S. Ambassador Emphasizes Safe Drinking Water in Schools - 03/19/09
• USAID and Rotary Clubs Join to Provide Clean Water and Improved Sanitation Worldwide - 03/18/09
• USAID and Coca-Cola Partner to Bring Clean Water to Mozambique - 02/25/09

2008

• USAID Joins Hands with Corporate Sector to Improve Health of Pakistanis - 08/18/08 [Word, 28KB]
• 25 NGOs Receive USAID Grants to Promote Potable Water, Hygiene - 06/30/08 [Word, 27KB]
• Disinfecting Water Saves Lives in Rwanda - 04/25/08
• USAID and UNICEF Dissemenate Best Practices from Successful School Sanitation Program - 04/04/08
• USAID Supports Access to Clean Drinking Water - 03/20/08 [Word, 28KB]
• Afghanistan Commemorates International Women’s Day - 03/08/08
• First Lady Honors Women at International Women's Day Event - 03/07/08

2007

• USAID and P&G Highlight Partnership for Safe Drinking Water in Africa - 03/09/07
• Remarks by Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health at the Safe Drinking Water Event, Washington DC - 03/06/07
• USAID Donates $16.7 Million to Pakistan for Safe Drinking Water - 02/20/07

2004-2005

• USAID and Coca-Cola Announce Global Watershed Partnership Agreement - 09/14/05
• USAID Expands Access to Clean Water Worldwide with Innovative Programs - 03/23/05
• Saving Children's Lives through Clean Water in Haiti - 12/02/04
• U.S. and Indonesian Governments Sign $486 Million Pact to Improve Water, Schools, Health, Nutrition and Environment - 09/02/04
• USAID Announces $70 Million Hygiene and Sanitation Initiative - 04/28/04

Fact Sheets

• U.S. Launches Public-Private Partnership for Clean Water in Africa - 09/20/06