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Water Security: less talk, more action
Over 200 people from 20 countries met to debate using a risk-based framework to respond to the global and local challenges at the Water Security 2015 conference held at Oxford University on 9-11 December.
icddr,b scientist receives gold medal from Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
After over three decades of work in cholera research, REACH researcher Dr. Md. SirajuI Islam has been recognised by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, the leading scientific organisation in Bangladesh.
World Water Week 2015
REACH Director Dr Rob Hope and Co-Director Dr Katrina Charles will be at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden on 23-28 August 2015. Come and meet them to find out more about the programme at the Oxford University booth.
REACH meets the World Bank in Bangladesh
Oxford University researchers and Bangladesh country partners met with World Bank staff for a knowledge and learning discussion on ‘Improving water security for the poor’.
Vice Chancellor of University of Nairobi supports REACH
On 11 June, Professor Peter Mbithi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, gave his full support to the collaboration between Kenya and Oxford University for the new REACH research programme.
First country visits identify water challenges and research needs
REACH Programme Director, Dr Rob Hope, has been meeting with country partners and identifying potential Water Security Observatories in Kenya, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
Global partnership with UNICEF
UNICEF delegates from Africa, Asia and global offices visited Oxford on 2-6 March 2015 to develop a shared programme of work and discuss opportunities for collaboration at global, regional and country levels.
Oxford University and UK Government to lead research to improve global water supply
A global research project led by the University of Oxford and backed by the British Government will help millions of people in Africa and South Asia to have reliable access to water.
Water insecurity is a ‘drag on the global economy’
A new report shows floods, droughts and a lack of investment in providing good quality, reliable water supplies is dragging down the global economy.
