
Open drain in Briqueterie, a poor neighborhood in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, in 2009, as a sanitation pilot project was beginning.
Extreme weather and torrential rains are increasing flooding across Africa, say climate-change scientists and development planners. Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, is implementing a master plan that has already cut severe flooding by four-fifths and reduced water-borne diseases - including malaria and typhoid, which have dropped by nearly half.
Open drain in Briqueterie, a poor neighborhood in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, in 2009, as a sanitation pilot project was beginning.
Sanitation Project (PADY.2) is a continuation of Phase 1financed by the World Bank, which had helped to develop 20% of the main river canal (Mfoundi) ... see more »
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