Virus – UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

Groundwater could be the solution to contaminated Kampala slum water crisis

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 24/02/202023/02/2020in Announcement, Event, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

by Isaiah Esipisu After a recent study discovered traces of dangerous viruses including cancer causing pathogens in shallow groundwater in Kampala slums, residents of Makerere 2 Zone C can finally breathe a sigh of relief as further studies indicate that…

UPGro T-Group research finds cancer-causing viruses in Kampala and Arusha slum groundwater

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 10/04/201916/04/2019in Announcement, Event, Press Release, TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa, UPGro in the news

by Isaiah Esipisu and Dr Jan Willem Foppen (T-GroUP) In Summary The study found that most groundwater in the two slums contains traces of herpes virus, poxvirus and papilloma virus.Cancer is one of the top killer diseases in East Africa,…