New study uses neutrons to try to develop better and less costly dental restorations. Teeth damaged by trauma or disease require treatment to look

Colombo, December 10, 2013. At the request of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), organized a stakeholder meeting to discuss improvements that can be made to the management of municipal waste in the City of Colombo. The meeting was held at the […]

Tokyo, Japan (March 21, 2014): A research program that pinpointed how perverse subsidies were causing India to export virtual water has won the coveted ‘Water for Life’ UN-Water Best Practices Award. The IWMI-Tata Water Policy Research Program (ITP), a partnership between the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the Sir Ratan Tata […]

Targets that promote efficient, nationally and locally appropriate water use will be key to achieving the SDGs.

The dialogue brought together over 50 participants from the government, media and research community across different provinces of Afghanistan.

Experts meet in Delhi to discuss how South Asian countries could adopt the new drought monitoring system to better prepare and mitigate drought risks

Research conducted in Bangladesh could have dramatic implications both for poor households and the entire wastewater value chain.

Recycling waste and delivering a safe nutrient-rich fertilizer for food production

Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit systems, so more farmers are encouraged to invest in much-needed irrigation.

Sumita Panjwani, a lady scientist in Chhattisgarh, has found a revolutionary way to use paddy stubble instead of burning it. She has managed to put it

In humans and vertebrates light pollution was found to suppress melatonin production, said researchers from Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB).

Experts discuss the raised risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the winter and during travel as recently, around 25 people were hospitalized for

A landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world said no single country is adequately

Floors and furniture in most daycare centers are being mopped and cleaned constantly to protect kids from infections. But, frequently getting exposed

People living in urban areas with increased air pollution levels were found to score less on memory and thinking tests and lose cognitive skills faster

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects approximately 10% of the global population, and leads to five to ten million deaths annually. Growing in importance is a distinctive form with unknown/uncertain etiology (CKDu), the cause of which remains unknown and is not linked to factors normally associated with CKD.

Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change and address food security could be counterproductive if we don’t pay more attention to water and its use.

As we mark World Water Day, experts and communities alike will be sharing messages on water scarcity under climate change, emphasizing the need to use this precious resource judiciously. ‘Don’t take more than you need,’ they’ll advise.

Today, many people lack access to the most basic weapons to shield themselves from COVID-19: water and soap.

We know that one of the most important actions everyone can take to protect ourselves and others from infection is to wash our hands – and yet there are hundreds of millions of people around the world for whom this simple act is a struggle.

The decline in natural resources is very real. The International Water Management Institute estimates that nearly every country south of the 35th parallel will experience economic or physical water scarcity by 2025.

It has been said many times that there is very little irrigation development in Africa, that there is little water storage per head of population, that this adds up to high vulnerability to droughts.

Screening programs were found to identify patients and family members affected by heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia so that lifestyle changes

Since the implementation of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol, cholesterol levels in American adults are declining.

As wearable fitness trackers become ever more popular and sophisticated, they provide new opportunities for monitoring training and guiding post-injury

Popular gym chains across the country not only use persuasive post-holiday marketing campaigns, but they're also undermining public health warnings about the dangers of indoor tanning.

Super bowl fans, watch out. Sitting long hours at night watching the big game on TV can rob your good night's sleep. But, if you're a football fan, it hard to get rid of the super bowl.

This Mother's Day, there are several limitations due to COVID-19 pandemic on what to do. Here are a few tips to share love and happiness with your Mom for the upcoming Mother's Day 2020.

COVID-19 has brought along with it a set of side effects, from Mysophobia (the constant overdrive to wash hands and be careful of contamination) to clinical

In people with Parkinson's disease, cognitive-behavioral therapy by telephone was found to be effective for treating depression, revealed study published

PanicMechanic, the new mobile app has been developed to help attack sufferers during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The app adapts biofeedback-like

HIV patients are at increased risk of depressive disorders. But they often go unrecognized or untreated, according to a literature review in the iHarvard Review of Psychiatry/i.

A deficiency in the brains of people with schizophrenia that could lead to the development of new drug therapies has been discovered by researchers at

Older primary care patients with depression who exhibit worsening or persistent sleep disturbance are at higher risk for persistent depression and suicidal ideation, reports a new study.

The sight of water flowing from taps may soon be a luxury, with people having to queue up at tankers for just a bucket load of water for their daily needs.

New rounds of pilot testing and post-flood recovery in India.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) was a valued partner in conceptualising the workshop content and was well represented at the workshop with the participation of its senior officials.

New report suggests national leaders make water security a priority now, link water policy to other national policies, from agriculture to trade, and put in place water-sharing institutions early.

There is no spike in fever and pneumonia cases, no flooding of ICUs with patients. Data-sets indicate there is nothing to suggest a large-scale spread of viral infection in the country.

Direct and repetitive illumination from 222nm ultraviolet radiation C does not cause skin cancer, according to the joint research between Kobe University and Ushio Inc.

Using family history-based criteria to identify people for earlier screening is justified and has promise for helping to recognize individuals at risk

New study guides clinicians on managing lung cancer screening programs and patients with lung nodules during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of the

Combination of radiation and the schizophrenia drug trifluoperazine can help treat glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumors.

Experts at the Center for Tobacco Research and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J.

The study, published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, examines why some people are more susceptible to a particular stress fracture known as

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to

Novel coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, is mainly spread when droplets from a person's mouth or nose are transferred to other people. Touching anything

Despite progress, old mindsets continue to challenge gender and social inclusion in community water management.

Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most important precautionary measures we can take to avoid infection – and spreading the virus – is washing our hands.

Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change and address food security could be counterproductive if we don’t pay more attention to water and its use.