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[[Image:Dr_Mercy_Bannerman.jpg|left|thumb|100px]]In 2001 Dr. Bannerman started a solar cooker and water pasteurization program to fight [[Guinea worm]] illnesses in [[Ghana]]
 
==Related links==
 
* [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrapr05.htm#Solar_cookers:_a_tool_for_guinea_worm_prevention A Tool for Guinea Worm Prevention]
 
   
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==Contact==
 
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[[File:Mercy Bannerman1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dr. Mercy Bannerman]]
[mailto:mercyb@wwwplus.com mercyb@wwwplus.com]
 
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In 2001 Dr. '''Mercy Bannerman''' started a solar cooker and [[water pasteurization]] program to fight [[Guinea worm]] illnesses in [[Ghana]]. Dr. Bannerman won a World Bank Development Marketplace prize in 2002. With this funding she distributed 1600 solar cookers in northern [[Ghana]] and provided training in their use to pasteurize water. She noted an immediate and lasting reduction of endemic water-borne diseases like guinea worm.[http://www.she-inc.org/docs/80.pdf]
   
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==Audio and video==
[[Category:Who's who in the solar cooking movement|Bannerman]]
 
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'''October 2009:'''
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::[[File:Thirsty Planet - Introducing Solar Ovens in West Africa - A film by Ed Carswell|400px|none]]
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==External links==
 
[http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrapr05.htm#Solar_cookers:_a_tool_for_guinea_worm_prevention A Tool for Guinea Worm Prevention]
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==Contact==
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Email: [mailto:mercyban20@hotmail.com mercyban20@hotmail.com] or [mailto:mercyban20@yahoo.com mercyban20@yahoo.com]
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[[Category:Ghana|Bannerman]]
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[[Category:Individuals|Bannerman]]
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[[Category:Requested update|12/8/14]]

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Mercy Bannerman1

Dr. Mercy Bannerman

In 2001 Dr. Mercy Bannerman started a solar cooker and water pasteurization program to fight Guinea worm illnesses in Ghana. Dr. Bannerman won a World Bank Development Marketplace prize in 2002. With this funding she distributed 1600 solar cookers in northern Ghana and provided training in their use to pasteurize water. She noted an immediate and lasting reduction of endemic water-borne diseases like guinea worm.[1]

Audio and video

October 2009:

External links

A Tool for Guinea Worm Prevention

Contact

Email: mercyban20@hotmail.com or mercyban20@yahoo.com