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  Special Call for Abstracts  Unfinished Business of WASH in High-Income Countries   Photo by Tom Fuldner, 2023   Dear Colleague,  The Water Institute is announcing a Special Call for Abstracts for the 2024 UNC Water and Health Conference, b...

   Photo by Tom Fuldner, 2022 The 2023 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice is less than three months away. If you plan to attend the conference, you must register.  The 2023 Water & Health Conference will be held at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from October 23-27. Registration  Please use this portal to register for the in-person conference to participate in Chapel Hill: 2023 UNC Water & Health Conference Please use this portal to register for the virtual program to participate remotely: 2023 UNC Water & Health Conference Virtual (Remote) Program Accommodations The Water Institute has partnered with hotels in the Chapel Hill area in order to offer   discounted rooms for conference attendees. Discounted rooms will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If y...

We are pleased to announce the 2023 UNC Water and Health Conference: Technology Showcase. This year the Technology Showcase sessions are scheduled for October 24th-26th at the Friday Center. If you have a WASH innovation or a technology to present, please sign up today. Presenters will be given up to five minutes to present a WaSH-related technology or innovation, followed by a short question-and-answer segment with the audience.  All selected Tech Showcase presenters will need to register to attend the Conference in-person to present .    You can sign-up to present your technology/innovation here: https://forms.gle/GTtqsq83akC8rGPe7      The deadline to sign-up is September 15th, 2023 . Once we receive all your submissions, we will review each one and follow up with you if you are selected to present at a Tech Showcase session this year.  If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at waterinstitute@...

T he 2021 UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Practice will be held October 4 – 8, 2021. The conference will explore drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both developing and developed countries with a public health emphasis.  What is the Water and Health Conference? Since its founding in 2009, the goal of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina (UNC) has been to inform the way the world works on water, sanitation and hygiene issues by generating the evidence that drives improvements in both practice and policy.  Through this period, the Water Institute has remained steadfast in its commitment to improving public health by achieving universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) services that are safe, affordable and sustainable – particularly for the most marginalized. The annual UNC Water and Health Conference is intended to advance these goals by creating a space where policymakers, prac...

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Opening Remarks at the Water Institute Water and Health Conference   Where Science Meets Policy  by   Dr. Aaron Salzberg    Director of the Water Institute Don and Jennifer Holzworth Distinguished Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill For many of us in the global North, it’s probably pretty easy as we connect from the comfort of our homes or offices; but for some of you in the south, we know you’ve been scrambling out at odd hours to find a place with good wifi so you can watch or listen, perhaps on your phone. We appreciate the special effort that you’ve made to join us and to be part of the conference. And we want to acknowledge that we know that the way in which we are holding our discussion about systemic inequalities is itself an example of a systemic inequality. Those of you that know our conference, know that we like to use these plenaries to challenge ourselves - to review the evidence, stimulate cr...