Inter Press ServiceOne of the favelas or shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, where local residents have turned a stream into an open-air garbage dump and a source of frequent flooding due to lack of sewage and garbage collection. Nor do favelas in Brazil’s cities have piped water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS - Inter Press Service https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aa-228/feed/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 01 May 2026 17:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 One of the favelas or shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, where local residents have turned a stream into an open-air garbage dump and a source of frequent flooding due to lack of sewage and garbage collection. Nor do favelas in Brazil’s cities have piped water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aa-228/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aa-228/#respond Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:23:40 +0000 traductores http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2021/10/aa-1.jpg

One of the favelas or shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, where local residents have turned a stream into an open-air garbage dump and a source of frequent flooding due to lack of sewage and garbage collection. Nor do favelas in Brazil’s cities have piped water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS

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Oct 8 2021

One of the favelas or shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, where local residents have turned a stream into an open-air garbage dump and a source of frequent flooding due to lack of sewage and garbage collection. Nor do favelas in Brazil’s cities have piped water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS

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One of the favelas or shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, where local residents have turned a stream into an open-air garbage dump and a source of frequent flooding due to lack of sewage and garbage collection. Nor do favelas in Brazil’s cities have piped water. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS]]> https://www.ipsnews.net/2021/10/pandemic-highlights-urgent-need-improve-sanitation-brazil/aa-228/feed/ 0