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Follow on Google News | WaterHealth International Announces Agreement with LV Prasad Eye InstituteFor Four WaterHealth Centres, Unveils First in Kismatpur today To follow with Bhubhaneswar, Vishakpatnam and Hyderabad
By: enRight diRect “We are extremely proud that a notable organization such as LVPEI has chosen to join forces with WaterHealth,” “Improving the quality of life and health by providing clean and safe water has been WaterHealth’ “Blindness and water borne diseases are both serious, public health problems with global impact,” said Dr. G N Rao, Chairman of the LVPEI. “We feel that LVPEI and WaterHealth complement each other as they focus on research and developing sustainable and viable solutions for improving quality of life.” Approximately two billion people worldwide have little or no access to safe drinking water. Millions of people around the globe rely on ponds, streams, and other exposed and untreated sources for their drinking water. Infectious waterborne organisms cause billions of diarrheal illnesses and millions of related deaths around the world each year. Often, infants and children are the hardest hit. WaterHealth facilities provide the highest quality potable water, meeting the clean water needs of communities, with low overall cost of installation and operation. They incorporate an award-winning ultraviolet disinfection technology, UV Waterworks™, designed by the acclaimed scientist and India native Dr. Ashok Gadgil. The technology is energy efficient, and effective against a broad range of microbial pathogens and viruses that can be found in water. WHI has nearly 650 installations of its water purification and disinfection systems around the world. For more than two years, WHIN has been providing sustainable, low-cost, community-based water systems to rural villages in India. During this time, the company has installed nearly 200 systems in India, with the capacity to serve approximately 1.6 million persons. About WaterHealth International WaterHealth International, Inc. provides innovative business solutions to one of the world’s most desperate health crises, the lack of safe, clean and affordable water for the more than two billion people who have little or no access to it. WHI’s award winning water purification and disinfection technology, combined with creative and unique business approaches, enable the delivery of highly affordable, clean water to even the most remote and underserved communities. WHI invests in health and hygiene education programs as part of its normal business practices to combat waterborne diseases in the communities it serves. WHI’s website is www.waterhealth.com. About LV Prasad Eye Institute L V Prasad Eye Institute is a world-class eye hospital, research, and training centre located in Hyderabad, India. Its mission is to provide excellent and equitable eye care to all in a caring and compassionate manner. The Institute's six areas of focus are comprehensive patient care, sight enhancement and low vision rehabilitation, community eye health, clinical research, education and training programmes, and product development. Established in 1987, the Institute has grown into an eye health system with the Hyderabad campus linked to two other tertiary care centres in Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar, and several secondary and primary care centres in the districts and remote rural areas of Andhra Pradesh. PR Contact for WaterHealth India Sheela Panicker enRight Media Relations 98498 09594 / 98851 09594 Enright@enrightpr.com End
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