Class of 2013: Caroline Hackett Uses Engineering Education to Help People, Solve Problems
May 12, 2013
A water purification project in South Africa helps complete an engineering major’s education and guide her future.
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U.Va. Nonprofit Organization, PureMadi, Develops Innovative Water Purification Tablet for Developing World
February 5, 2013
A simple ceramic water purification tablet invented at U.Va. that can disinfect water simply by resting in a vessel where water is poured will be introduced Friday during a celebration event.
$1.7 Million Grant Funds Battle Against Deadly Childhood Diarrhea
October 31, 2012
A new NIH grant to U.Va.’s Center for Global Health seeks to eradicate the root causes of childhood diarrhea,, which takes an enormous lifelong toll.
Nursing, Globally: Recent Grads, Professor Offer Care in Malawi, Return Transformed
September 6, 2012
Working trips to Africa give Nursing School students, May graduates and professors a chance to hone their skills on the global stage and broaden their world view.
U.Va.-South African Collaboration Produces Clean-Burning, Efficient Cook Stoves, and Much More
September 5, 2012
The cooking fires in one South African village produced so much smoke that the nearby school had to close its windows, even in the summertime. That predicament sparked a new cooking technology, produced collaboratively between villagers and U.Va. students.
U.Va. Team Wins Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge
April 24, 2012
April 24, 2012 — A team of University of Virginia students aiming to improve water quality and the local economy in a rural South African province won the $20,000 grand prize at the Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge, held April 13 in Bentonville, Ark.
University of Virginia's 'PureMadi' Brings Clean Water to Developing Countries
February 9, 2012
Nursing School Leads HIV/AIDS Research, Outreach in Rural South African Communities
June 29, 2011
June 29, 2011 — Palliative care, focused on relieving and preventing suffering and other complications associated with dire illness, is an "urgent humanitarian responsibility," according to the World Health Organization.
In South Africa, the need for such care is great. It has the highest number of HIV/AIDS infections in the world and the disease and associated complications account for an estimated 42.5 percent of maternal deaths and for 35 percent of deaths in children under 5.
March 11 Fundraiser To Help Bring Clean Water to South African Province
March 2, 2011
March 2, 2011 — For the past three years, University of Virginia students and researchers have worked to establish clean water and sanitation systems in Limpopo Province, South Africa through a trans-disciplinary collaboration known as Water and Health in Limpopo, or WHIL.
March 11 Fundraiser to Help Bring Clean Water to South African Province
February 21, 2011
February 22, 2011 — For the past three years, University of Virginia students and researchers have worked to establish clean water and sanitation systems in Limpopo Province, South Africa through a trans-disciplinary collaboration known as Water and Health in Limpopo, or WHIL.
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