Title | Working Towards Arsenic Mitigation: an Initiative of BRAC WASH |
Publication Type | Progress Report |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Kabir, B |
Pagination | 2 p. |
Publisher | BRAC |
Place Published | Dhaka |
Abstract | Rabeya Akhter is 18 years old and lives with her parents in Shahapur village in Saharasti Upazila of Chandpur. On 3 February 2009 a local health worker detected that she had spots on her body that indicate arsenic poisoning and her treatment started. BRAC installed a deep tube well on 27 October 2010 and a hand pump so that people of Shahapur village in Saharasti Upazila of Chandpur can drink arsenic-free water again. A photo story. |