http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/the-flow-of-change-piped-water-arrives-in-ruhiira-uganda/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/the-flow-of-change-piped-water-arrives-in-ruhiira-uganda/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:47:47 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16868 By Molly Powers When the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was first launched in Ruhiira, Uganda, in 2006, community members identified their most pressing problem as lack of access to water. Nearly all 6,500 residents of the mountainous parish of Ruhiira live on hilltops, and most water sources]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/15/the-flow-of-change-piped-water-arrives-in-ruhiira-uganda/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/28/in-the-fight-against-poverty-higher-priority-needed-for-environmental-sustainability/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/28/in-the-fight-against-poverty-higher-priority-needed-for-environmental-sustainability/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:19:57 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7071 By Cheryl Palm As the state of the environment directly affects human health and economic wellbeing, the attainment of Millennium Development Goal 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability is critical to the success of all the MDGs.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/28/in-the-fight-against-poverty-higher-priority-needed-for-environmental-sustainability/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:34:31 +0000 Yanis Ben Amor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6724 In Ruhiira, Uganda, one of 14 clusters of Millennium Villages across sub-Saharan Africa, combating HIV, including Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT), through sensitization campaigns, condoms, and antiretrovirals (ARVs) is only half the battle. Addressing the other half—a deeply ingrained culture of female disempowerment— is an unavoidable challenge, which is dangerously neglected. The victimization of females through cross-generational sex serves as a major vector for the spread of HIV. It is common and it is getting worse.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/useless-condoms-and-the-trap-of-hiv-sensitization/feed/ 4