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Maggie Brown

Blogging for Speaking of Medicine is a natural outlet for Maggie’s background in science and writing. Among her many interests are water, hygiene, and sanitation, and mental health issues. She works for PLOS as Deputy Production Manager.

WHO guidance on household water treatment published

Posted July 13, 2011 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. WHO has just announced the publication of their latest guidance, Evaluating Household Water Treatment Options: Health-Based Targets

Today: US National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day

Posted June 27, 2011 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General

PTSD, an anxiety disorder that may develop after a person experiences a terrifying event, is known to increase the risk of depression, suicide, and drug- and alcohol-related disorders and deaths. According to the NIMH, the

MDG 7c: The Sanitation Goal Is in the Toilet

Posted November 17, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in Policy

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS 2.6 billion people around the world have no access to “improved sanitation.” Translation: Much of the global population go to the toilet not in toilets,

Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water (HSW): Neglected Problems, Lagging Solutions

Posted November 10, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in Global Health, Policy

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS, Senior Production Editor at PLoS continues her series of posts on water and sanitation. For a huge proportion of the world’s population, the critical foundation of health—and basic human right [1]—of

Healthier Water, Healthier People

Posted September 5, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS Healthier Water, Healthier People: An Approach to Improving Water Quality is a seminar sponsored by the Center for Strategic & International Studies Global Water Futures

Announcing World Water Week, 5-11 September 2010, Stockholm.

Posted September 5, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in Conference news

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS The theme this year is “Responding to Global Changes: The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement.” The stated intention of the meeting

The UN Declares Access to Water and Sanitation a Human Right

Posted August 3, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General, Policy

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS On July 28, the UN General Assembly took an important step on a massive but often unappreciated global problem by declaring access to clean water

Today is World Water Day

Posted March 22, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS “Four of every ten people in the world do not have access to even a simple pit latrine; and nearly two in ten have no

Progress report on water and sanitation MDG released

Posted March 19, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General

The report “Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water – 2010 Update Report“, assessing progress on MDG 7c (drinking water supply and sanitation), is now available from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.

Water and Sanitation in Humanitarian Emergencies

Posted January 29, 2010 by Maggie Brown, MS, ELS in General, Global Health

Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS In a humanitarian crisis a population’s needs are great and many–for medical attention, shelter, safe water and adequate sanitation, food, and security. Disasters that occur

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