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The P&G Health Sciences Institute has joined the US Agency for International Development, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, CARE, and Population Services International to create the Safe Drinking Water Alliance and help make drinking water safe in three separate countries.

• Press Release Announcing Safe Drinking Water Alliance
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• Description of the Safe Drinking Water Alliance
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• P&G and USAID created a safe drinking partnership to provide safe drinking water for survivors of the Pakistan earthquake. These efforts are being led in Pakistan by Population Services International and their local affiliate, Greenstar.
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UNICEF and P&G have formed an alliance to provide safe drinking water in the developing world. Joint programs will focus on three main areas: supporting UNICEF's drive to bring safe water to schools, helping families in emergency situations and reducing household exposure to arsenic-contaminated water. UNICEF and P&G will initially be working together in eight countries - Haiti, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, and Pakistan.
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The UK Department for International Development has provided a grant to the P&G Health Sciences Institute and PSI to develop a sustainable business model that will deliver clean drinking water in Haiti.

• March 22, 2005 UK Government aid to Procter & Gamble (P&G) saves children’s lives through clean water in Haiti.
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P&G is a founding member of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage. The mission of the Network is to contribute to a significant reduction in waterborne disease, especially among vulnerable populations, by promoting household water treatment and safe storage as a key component of water, sanitation and hygiene programmes. The Network will accomplish this mission through advocacy, communication, research and implementation.

• WHO statement about P&G efforts in providing safe drinking water
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