Lessons from a decade of Progress
TB policies in 29 Countries
A survey of prevention, testing and treatment policies and practices
Arsenic contaminated tube well water was first detected in Bangladesh in early 1990s. The arsenic comes from naturally arsenic-rich material delivered by the region's river systems, deposited over many years to make up the land of Bangladesh. Arsenic contamination is not caused by tube wells, or by ...irrigation or application of fertilizers.
Today, although 98 per cent of the population uses an improved drinking water source the safe water coverage of Bangladesh is 86 per cent because of arsenic contamination.
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Today, WFP has the capabilities and know-how to tap into mobile technology and artificial intelligence to monitor food security; use satellite technology to locate and track communities in need; and offer digital finance via blockchain technology to put consumer choices in the hands of our beneficia...ries.
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World Drug Report 2017
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Accessed: 14.03.2019
National-scale databases and reliability issue
Background report
Accelerating HIV prevention to reduce new infections by 75%
Contact No 175 - October December 2001