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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">David Trouba <<a href="mailto:David.Trouba@wsscc.org" target="_blank">David.Trouba@wsscc.org</a>><br>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Cambria, serif">Geneva 19 August 2010</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Cambria, serif"><span> </span>- A week after the World Health Organization announced the welcome news that the H1N1 flu has ended<span> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2010/h1n1_vpc_20100810/en/index.html" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Cambria, serif">its pandemic phase</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Cambria, serif">, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) reminds the world’s decision-makers that deaths from diarrhoea remain extremely high<a name="12a8cd1e1aa20d59__ftnref1" title="" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="vertical-align:super">[1]</span></a>. These deaths are closely linked to inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices<span> </span><a name="12a8cd1e1aa20d59__ftnref2" title="" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="vertical-align:super">[2]</span></a>, and are mainly among children under 5 years old in the world's poorest countries.  </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Cambria, serif;color:black"> The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council has members in 160 countries representing each of these constituencies and seeks to raise awareness about the contributions that good sanitation and hygiene can make to health, wealth, and dignity. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif"></span></div>
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