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United Nations University
Institute for Water,
Environment and Health
(UNU-INWEH)
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 204, Hamilton Ontario L8P 0A1 CANADA
Phone: +1 (905) 667-5511
Fax: + 1 (905) 667-5510
Email: contact@inweh.unu.edu
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News & Events
Our name has changed to:
United Nations University
Institute for Water, Environment and Health
June 2010:
The Role of Water and Sanitation in Child and Maternal Health: A panel event to be held at the Galleria, Carleton University, Ottawa. 21st June 2010. More Details...
Applications now open
International Course
Biodiversity in Mangrove Ecosystems
1-15 October 2010, Parangipettai, India
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Recent Publications
Revitalizing the UNCCD
A policy paper prepared by an independent panel of desertification experts
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Sanitation as a Key to Global Health:
Voices from the Field
A UNU-INWEH Policy Brief
Final White Paper from DSD Consortium's Working Group 3
Monitoring and assessment of desertification and land degradation in the context of knowledge management, institutions and economics
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Welcome to UNU-INWEH
The UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH) is a member of the United Nations University family of organisations. <click here to see a map of the UNU Network>.
It is the United Nations Think Tank on Water, created by the UNU Governing Council in 1996 to strengthen water management capacity, particularly of developing countries, and to provide on-the-ground project support. Its core funding is provided by the Government of Canada and it is hosted at the McMaster University.
As a member of UN-Water, UNU holds the Chair of UN-Water (read more...). UNU-INWEH represents UNU at this coordination body comprising 27 UN entities and many international partners.
Water Wiki
UNU-INWEH hosts the Global Environmental Change and Human Health project. It is a joint project of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). Read more...
Water Without Borders: A collaborative graduate programme in water, environment and health between McMaster University and UNU-INWEH. Read more... |
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Internships at UNU-INWEH
Experience the UN at Work ! UNU-INWEH provides an opportunity for selected university graduate students to work in an international environment and experience first-hand the operations of the United Nations. Learn more...
