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Press Release: Uncovering and Confronting Global Groundwater Challenges

A new initiative seeks to unite organizations to promote sustainable groundwater management.




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Press Release: New Knowledge Platform on the Indus Basin

The Indus Basin Knowledge Platform (IBKP), which seeks to improve access to information and supports decision making on critical basin challenges, is launched at World Water Week 2016.




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Press Release: Developing the water resources of Western Nepal

A new project is being launched in Kathmandu that will help shape the future of water resources development in Nepal.





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Press Release: Satellite based early-warning system to bolster drought risk reduction

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




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Press Release: New “pay-monthly” poop removal system could revolutionize sanitation in developing world, says new study

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








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Press Release: Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers

International Water Management Institute (IWMI) launched a mobile app, called AgRISE, in support of a new national agricultural insurance scheme.




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Press Release: Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds 

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.




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Press Release: Groundwater in Peril – IWMI joins 700+ scientists and practitioners in urgent call for action on global groundwater

The call to action highlighted in Nature this week cites recent scientific breakthroughs on groundwater’s vital role in supporting rivers globally.





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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.




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Cause of Noise-associated Blood Vessel Damage, Heart Disease Identified

Potential mechanism underlying the reason for inflammation, blood vessel damage and heart disease due to long-term exposure to noise was identified by




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Majority Consider Themselves More Environmentally Friendly Than Others, Says Study

People tend to overestimate their personal environmental engagement, revealed research from the University of Gothenburg. In a study with participants




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Light Pollution Suppresses Melatonin Production

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




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Lead Exposure More Likely to Shrink Adolescent's Brain

Too much lead exposure can cause decreased brain volume in some adolescents, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iNature Medicine/i.




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Pneumococcal Disease Susceptibility Linked to Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Particles

An individual's susceptibility to pneumococcal disease is increased when exposed to diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), revealed study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.




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Being Exposed to Air Pollution at Age 1 may Trigger Structural Brain Changes Later

Breathing polluted air during early childhood can cause structural brain changes later at age 12, reports a new study. A new study suggests that significant




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Heatwaves can Raise Health Threats in China

Climate change will pose a deadly threat in China in the future as heatwaves become more severe and frequent, reports a new study. The findings of the




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Risk for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Rises During Winter

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




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People Transport Deadly Smoke Residues Indoors

Thirdhand smoke (THS) has become a major pathway for exposure to hazardous pollutants from tobacco smoke. That means even if someone is in a room that




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Heat Stress may Affect More Than 1.2 Billion People Annually by 2100: Study

By 2100, heat stress from extreme heat and humidity will annually affect areas now home to 1.2 billion people, stated Rutgers study. That's more than




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Heat Takes Its Toll on Mental Health, Says Study

In the U.S. hot days were found to increase the probability that an average adult will report bad mental health, stated new study published in the open-access




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Ways To Deal With Pollution Issues of Pharma Waste Revealed

Global Data offers ways to deal with two main problems-waste and carbon-which the pharma industry faces today along with its possible solutions. Allie




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COVID-19 Lockdown is Making Earth Vibrate Less

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all crowded cities and streets across the world are now empty. With fewer cars, buses, trucks, trains and other heavy machinery




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DailyMirror.lk: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Sri Lanka – the need for better research

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.



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StandardMedia: Smart solar pumps use big data to map water reservoirs

IWMI plans to use the data from Futurepump’s 4,000 pumps to calculate how much water is being extracted at any given time, which can help governments ensure it is used sustainably, with limits on extraction or a shift to less water-intensive crops.



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New York Times: Merchants of Thirst

Away from Nepal, in other water-impoverished megacities, authorities have proved that seemingly intractable shortages can be addressed, or at least somewhat allayed, while reining in private tankers.




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Truthout.org: Global Groundwater Is Threatened by Unsustainable Practices Amid Climate Crisis

According to Karen Villholth, a principal researcher focusing on groundwater for the International Water Management Institute, poorer rural communities in South Africa similarly struggle with groundwater issues — a problem exacerbated by the recent drought that has stricken the country.




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Myanmar Times: Upgrading aging irrigation system will be a win for farmers and govt

The Pyawt Ywar pump irrigation scheme, on which the project focused, was established in 2004 by Myanmar’s Irrigation and Water Utilisation Management Department. Designed to increase agricultural production and achieve food




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The Independent: Unless we empower women farmers, we may not have enough to feed the planet

In an opinion piece in The Independent, IWMI Director General Claudia Sadoff says "Achieving greater gender equality will help to strengthen the resilience of our food systems, revitalize rural economies and enhance rural livelihoods."




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Business Recorder: An interview with Mohsin Hafeez, Country Representative of IWMI

The principles of integrated water resource management insist on taking a basin-wide or systemwide approach rather than addressing surface water and groundwater issues separately.




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Business Ghana: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new International Water Management Institute (IWMI) partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA [1]) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.




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Devex: How satellite images could improve water management in Africa

“One of the big challenges of dealing with water resource management is: How are you going to manage something if you can't measure it?” said William Rex, senior adviser at the International Water Management Institute.




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TimesLive: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change

“In the water sector we always say 'Don't waste a good crisis'," said Inga Jacobs-Mata, the South African representative from non-profit research group the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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Prevention Web: Mainstreaming technology provides key solutions for disaster risk mitigation

Water-related natural disasters are major impediments to human security and sustainable socioeconomic development. Climate change has made extreme weather events more severe by altering their frequency, timing, intensity and duration.




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DailyMirror: To help an Earth under stress, let’s look to Sri Lanka’s wetlands

With Earth Day marked on April 22, we look to nature’s solutions to climate change and other challenges. Wetland preservation is vital for our environmental, food and societal futures.




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Forbes: Why Connected Worker Technologies Are Now A Business Priority For Industrial Companies

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.




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Statins Under-prescribed to Prevent Cardiac Diseases: Study

Statins, the most commonly used cholesterol-lowering agents, were found to be significantly underutilized to treat lipid abnormalities in patients who




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Levels of 'Remnant' or 'Ugly' Cholesterol much Higher than Formerly Believed

A completely different type of cholesterol is more likely to cause cardiovascular disease than previously believed. This is the remnant particle cholesterol




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Screening for Genetic High Cholesterol Could Help Avoid Heart Attack

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




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Avocado a Day Keeps The Bad Cholesterol Away

Cholesterol can be kept at bay by consuming at least an avocado a day. Researchers say that avocados are healthier synonyms for apples. According to




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Cholesterol Levels in American Adults Declining

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.




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Cholesterol Profile Linked to Psychological Health

Infants born with increased cholesterol levels and a certain type of fat face an increased risk for social and psychological problems in childhood, according to new scientific findings.




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Drug Under Investigation Effective at Lowering Bad Cholesterol

Injecting the new experimental cholesterol-lowering agent 'Inclisiran' reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol effectively in patients already




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Link Between Cholesterol Levels and Heart Disease Risk Identified

In people under 45 years, a strong association between non-HDL cholesterol levels and long-term risk for cardiovascular disease has been suggested. The