The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) with assistance of a team led by Stockholm Environment Institute is inviting you to the 7th webinar with Gates Foundation sanitation grantees. Topic of the webinar is “Adding missing links in sanitation value chains” Date/Time: Tuesday 29 April 2014, 16:30 … Continue reading →

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Videos of exhibits at Reinvent the Toilet Fair India (21-22 March 2014) provided by SEI & SuSanA now available Stockholm Environment Institute has announced that videos with grantees about their exhibits that were taken at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair … Continue reading →

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Issue 140 April 4, 2014 | Focus on Child Feces Disposal A recent blog post by the SHARE project states that the feces of children may be particularly important in fecal-oral transmission since children are more susceptible to diseases such as diarrhea and … Continue reading →

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Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil-transmitted helminth infection, (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,  2014, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD011055. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD011055. Order information Authors: Majorin F, Torondel B, Ka Seen Chan G, Clasen TF. Objectives: … Continue reading →

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On April 11, the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership will hold its High Level Meeting 2014 in Washington, D.C. SWA is a global partnership of over 90 developing country governments, donors, civil society organizations and other development partners … Continue reading →

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Improving water, sanitation and hygiene services to low-income urban areas is a highly challenging and complex task. Traditional approaches have often failed to work. We need new approaches and fresh thinking. We need governments, donors and sector professionals genuinely committed … Continue reading →

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Waste not: Egypt’s refuse collectors regain role at heart of Cairo society | Source/complete article: The Guardian, March 27 2014 | Excerpts - Zabaleen waste pickers are finally being re-integrated into the city’s services, a decade after they were sidelined. For the waste pickers … Continue reading →

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The fifth in the series of WASH Sustainability Forums will be held on June 30th & July 1st at the RAI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As past Forums have focused on concepts of sustainability, this event will advance progress by … Continue reading →

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The BRAC WASH programme has released a short video about their ongoing study in Bangladesh on the use  of faecal sludge from double pit latrines as organic fertiliser. The final evaluation of BRAC WASH I programme identified pit emptying and the … Continue reading →

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From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Best toilet award goes to…a group of Georgia Tech undergraduate students called Team Sanivation! The students have been working with our Global WASH team and the nonprofit Sanivation and won the … Continue reading →

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WASH/Nutrition Literature Update – March 2014 The March 2014 literature update includes details on an upcoming USAID-sponsored WASH nutrition presentation on April 1, 2014, and the March 2014 issue of USAID’s Global Waters magazine with descriptions of USAID WASH and … Continue reading →

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Unilever Lifebuoy Handwashing Campaign Reduces Diarrhea from 36& to 5% in Indian Village  March 2014 – Unilever’s health soap Lifebuoy has this month announced the results of its Help A Child Reach 5 handwashing programmes launched in Thesgora, India, noting … Continue reading →

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A Collection of Contemporary Toilet Designs, 2014. Download, pdf | Order print version Author: Rod Shaw, ed. This collection is the result of the findings of EOOS research which was supported by Sandec, the Department of Water and Sanitation in … Continue reading →

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IRC’s WASHCost Project will be one of approximately 50 exhibits that will be on display during the two-day Reinvent the Toilet Fair: India. IRC will present the WASHCost Calculator; an online tool that helps professionals to plan for WASH services that are … Continue reading →

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Poorly designed and located water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions can increase people’s vulnerability to violence. This can range from sexual harassment when practicing open defecation or collecting water, to staff demanding sexual favours in exchange for access to WASH facilities. … Continue reading →

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Women in WASH Last week on March 8 was International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme was “Inspiring Change”.  Four women inspiring change in the WASH sector came together during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, in September last … Continue reading →

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Editorial – The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease. Tropical Medicine and  International Health, Feb 2014. PDF Version | Enhanced article(HTML) by  Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School … Continue reading →

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12 March -16h00 : SuSanA​​–WASHtech webinar on Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) SuSanA secretariat and WASHtech invites you to participate in a webinar that will present and discuss the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) developed during the WASHtech project: www.washtechnologies.net When: 16h00 CET on … Continue reading →

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Hygiene is missing from an important United Nations document on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be submitted to the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly. Several organisations including End Water Poverty, WaterAid, Practical Action and Helvetas have written … Continue reading →

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Grass-roots activists shared inspirational experiences on reducing female circumcision in Senegal, raising awareness of lesbian and transgender issues in Nepal and working for the dignity of sex workers in India at a special meeting at the United Nations headquarters in … Continue reading →

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UN Women and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council in partnership to improve access to hygiene and sanitation for women and girls Louga, 9 March 2014 – On the margins of International Women’s Day commemorations across Senegal and West and Central Africa, … Continue reading →

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How can Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and other programmatic approaches be  integrated into a service-led rural sanitation delivery? This was the topic that attracted  around 70 practitioners from 16 different countries  to Cotonu, Benin in November 2013 for a … Continue reading →

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Despite the widespread implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programs and many claims of success, there has been very little systematic investigation into their sustainability.  A new study, which aims to change that, is creating a stir in the WASH sector. A … Continue reading →

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George Washington University Study Highlights Limited Progress in Water and Sanitation Access Among Major Sub-Saharan African Cities | Source: George Washington University, School of Public Health | Sub-Saharan Africa’s urban population is predicted to nearly triple by 2050, increasing from … Continue reading →

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WSUP believes that the issue of gender inclusion is fundamental to effective WASH service provision. To mark International Women’s Day and to recognise the importance of this issue, we have produced a new Practice Note which provides a contextual background … Continue reading →

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With your creativity we want to break the silence about toilets and sanitation in India!  The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and GIZ together with Goethe Institute Max Müller, the Indian Institute for Cartoonists and EAWAG/Sandec invite creative minds to submit … Continue reading →

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Adam Smith International are procuring for external evaluators (consultants or firm) to evaluate the Sierra Leone WASH Facility. The Facility, which has a total budget of £5 million (US$ 8.4 million), is managed and administered by Adam Smith International, on behalf of DfID … Continue reading →

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“SuperAmma” campaign results in significant improvements in people’s handwashing behaviour | Source: SHARE, Feb 27 2014 | A unique handwashing campaign jointly funded by SHARE and the Wellcome Trust has shown for the first time that using emotional motivators – … Continue reading →

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Toilets, trash and social status: the top 10 emergency hygiene challenges | Source/Complete article: Kathy Migiro, Thomson Reuters Foundation | Feb 17 2014 Excerpts:  NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 900 beneficiaries, field practitioners and donors named their most … Continue reading →

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Child Feces Disposal Practices in Rural Orissa: A Cross Sectional Study. PLoS One, Feb 2014. Full text Fiona Majorin, et al Background – An estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation facilities. While large-scale programs in some … Continue reading →

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The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) needs the services of a training service provider to carry out a sanitation and hygiene policy training needs analysis and training of focal persons in Burundi, Chad, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. The aim of this small … Continue reading →

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SHARE-funded research [1] has found that Moringa oleifera, a common plant in many tropical and subtropical countries, can be an effective handwashing product if used in the correct concentration. Laboratory tests show that the plant has antibacterial activity against different … Continue reading →

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Benin – Behaviour change, a must for improved sanitation | Source/complete article:  Edmund Smith-Asante | Graphic.com – 21 February 2014 Excerpts - Benin’s Minister of Health, Professor Dorothéme Kinde Gazard, has called on African nations to lay emphasis on behaviour change communication, … Continue reading →

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Issue 135 February 21, 2014 | Focus on WASH-Related Diseases This issue contains recent studies and reports on several WASH-related diseases: neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), malnutrition, cholera, diarrhea, fluorosis, and malaria. Some of the resources include: a WASH and NTDs global manual and country … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look, Don’t Touch! Brains and behaviour from a disgust perspective, by Valerie Curtis, Ph.D. | Source/complete article: Psychology Today. Valerie Curtis, Ph.D., is a Disgustologist and Director of the Hygiene Centre at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Disgust Has … Continue reading →

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WSSCC Executive Director Christopher Williams was a key speaker on day one of the Thematic Debate on ‘Water, Sanitation, and Sustainable Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ convened in New York at UN Headquarters on 18-19 February 2014.  Dr. Williams … Continue reading →

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Less than a year from the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), journalists in Africa are casting a critical eye on the progress in water, sanitation and hygiene improvements being achieved by African governments, and the on-going challenges in … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and its Global Sanitation Fund have issued a Request for Proposals for an Executing Agency to manage and coordinate its planned grant in Kenya.  The overall goal of the GSF programme in Kenya … Continue reading →

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Can you imagine not being able to go to school because you’re on your period? | Source/complete article: Women24, Feb 10, 2014. Excerpt - Sue Barnes’ Project Dignity allows girls and young women in townships and rural areas to keep … Continue reading →

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Cape Town, the city where “poo has become a politcial issue“, is hosting an international conference on “Putting Public in Public Services: Research, Action and Equity in the Global South” from 13-16 April  2014 . Organised by the Municipal Services Project, the … Continue reading →

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Garbage Clinical Insurance: Young Indonesian Doctor Receives Award From Prince of Wales | Source/complete article – Establishment Post, Feb 12, 2014. Excerpts – Gamal Albinsaid, a young Indonesian doctor, has recently been awarded the inaugural “Prince of Wales Young Sustainability … Continue reading →

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Issue 133 February 7, 2014 | Focus on WASH and Design Thinking Design thinking is an interesting approach to problem solving. Clark Kellogg, from the University of California, Berkeley and Collective Invention, states “Unlike most previous problem solving approaches, it is human-centric, collaborative, and … Continue reading →

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) with assistance of a team led by Stockholm Environment Institute is inviting you to the 6th webinar with Gates Foundation sanitation grantees.  Topic of the webinar is “Productive sanitation“ Date/Time: Tuesday 25 February 2014, 16:30 – 17:15 (CET – Central European … Continue reading →

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Join together for greater U.S. leadership on safe drinking water and sanitation, Advocacy Day at the US Capitol, March 13. US residents who support safe drinking water and safe sanitation (WASH) for the world’s poorest people can join us to meet … Continue reading →

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Handwashing Promotion: Monitoring and Evaluation Module, 2013. UNICEF. Full text, pdf Prepared by Jelena Vujcic, MPH and Pavani K. Ram, MD, University at Buffalo.  This guide will walk you through planning and implementing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for your handwashing … Continue reading →

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Monitor Deloitte has estimated that the demand for rural toilets in India could be worth INR 500-700 billion (US$ 10-14 billion), with an INR 300-450 billion (US$ 6-9 billion) financing opportunity. This is one of key key highlights from their recent white … Continue reading →

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Cairo: Finding its own way in waste collection – Danish Architecture Centre | Source/complete article: Sustainable Cities, Jan 2014 Excerpts – For decades, much of Cairo’s waste has been resourcefully collected and reused by a poor working class known as … Continue reading →

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A highly critical article in Development and Change argues that the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, which the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has promoted in Indonesia, is not only “inadequate” but also “echoes coercive, race-based colonial public health practices”. Authors Dr Susan … Continue reading →

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In the wake of the World Cup and the Olympics, activists in Brazil are taking to the streets (and the beaches) demanding more investment in neglected public services like sanitation. Activist group Meu Rio (My Rio)  sat on lavatories on Ipanema … Continue reading →

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The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) has US$ 20,000 on offer for a proposal for an economical, sustainable lighting system for latrines in refugee or displaced persons camps. Communal latrine facilities in camps are often underutilised at night when it is … Continue reading →

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This is a bilingual seminar on Monitoring the decentralised delivery of WASH services in rural areas and small towns in West Africa in Ouagagoudou, Burkina Faso organised by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and pS-Eau. Date: 07 – 09 April 2014 Designed … Continue reading →

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How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap.  Frontiers of CLTS:  Innovations and Insights, Issue 02, January 2014. Full text, pdf Author: Jolly Ann Maulit for UNICEF Malawi  The Open Defecation Free (ODF) Malawi 2015 Strategy and National Hand Washing Campaign have … Continue reading →

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WASH/Nutrition Literature Update – January 2014 This update contains recent studies and reports on WASH and nutrition issues plus updates on new publications and resources from members of the USAID Community of Practice on WASH and Nutrition. Please contact WASHplus … Continue reading →

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Assessment of Beliefs and Practices Relating to Menstrual Hygiene of Adolescent Girls in Lebanon. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research (IJHSR), 2013; 3(12): 75-88. Full text Authors: Tania Santina, Nancy Wehbe, Fouad M. Ziade, Mona Nehme. Abstract Introduction: Poor … Continue reading →

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A ‘Losing Prospect’ Argument for Changing Sanitation Behaviour | Source/complete article& references: Nidi Khurana, End Poverty in South Asia – Jan 15, 2014. Excerpts:  Fact #1: One in six people still defecate in the open. Fact #2: Most of them … Continue reading →

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) with the assistance of a team from Stockholm Environment Institute is happy to announce that the 5th Webinar with Gates Foundation sanitation grantees and SuSanA members will take place on 21 January.  Topic of the … Continue reading →

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Issue 128 January 3, 2014 | Focus on Microfinance Many thanks to Blake McKinlay from iDE for suggesting the topic for this issue and for sharing an interesting study in Cambodia on determining the impact microfinance has on the uptake of latrines. Other … Continue reading →

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Global Sanitation Fund in Malawi, by Rochelle Holm, Ph.D., PMP, Mzuzu University, Centre of Excellence in Water and Sanitation and SMART Centre Manager. Email: rochelledh@hotmail.com. Global Sanitation Fund in Malawi Website The Global Sanitation Fund programme in Malawi is aimed at implementing sanitation and … Continue reading →

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A toilet made from  beer cans (August) and Mahatma Gandhi’s toilet (September) are both featured in defeatDD’s 2014 “Places We Go” toilet calender. You can download and print the calendar  for free.  All the entries submitted to the “Places We … Continue reading →

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Microfinance allows middle- and lower-income households to invest in desirable sanitation products, so that public funding can be freed up to reach the poorest, according to Water for People (WfP). In a new report [1], WfP reviews their experiences in … Continue reading →

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Monitor Inclusive Markets, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has written a white paper titled “A Market Led, Evidence Based Approach to Rural Sanitation” on supply side market-based approaches to scale rural sanitation in India, based mainly … Continue reading →

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More attention should be given to the assessment of nutrition practices when assessing the impact of WASH on the health of school children. We also don’t know enough about the long term impact of WASH interventions on child health. These … Continue reading →

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Five-year-old Wally has built a wastewater treatment plant with Lego. Watch him explain how it works.  Filed under: North America, Wastewater Management Tagged: Lego, videos, wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment plants

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The Tiger Roars: New DIV Grantee will Test the “Tiger Toilet” that uses Worms for Good! | Complete article/source: USAID Development Innovation Ventures Excerpts – DIV is delighted to announce a new Stage 1 award of over $170,000 to Bear Valley Ventures … Continue reading →

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Issue 127 December 20, 2013 | Focus on Inclusive WASH Many thanks to Shamila Jansz from WaterAid who contributed many of the reports, training materials, etc. to this issue on inclusive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The resources fall under the following categories: … Continue reading →

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A government campaign to stop open defecation in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has been criticised for using humiliation to change behaviour. Journalist M. Poornima writes that the ambitious scheme called ‘Maryada Abhiyan’ (Hindi for dignity), “gives little of … Continue reading →

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A UK charity has set images of iconic landmarks like Buckingham Palace in typical South Asian slums for its latest campaign to tackle urban poverty. Practical Action’s Safer Cities Christmas appeal aims to provide clean water, sanitation and safe housing … Continue reading →

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Oxfam America – International call for Proposals to design and develop an innovative sanitation technology system for flood and flood-prone areas by firms or companies. Background – Oxfam America is an international NGO, and member of the Oxfam International confederation … Continue reading →

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Improved Sanitation and Its Impact on Children: An Exploration of Sanergy. Impact Case Study No. 2, 2013. (Full text) Esper, H., London, T., and Kanchwala, Y. The William Davidson Institute. We explore the impacts that Sanergy, a venture providing sanitation facilities and … Continue reading →

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Freshwater Conservation and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Integration Guidelines: A Framework for Implementation in sub-Saharan Africa, 2013. Full text Janet Edmond, et al.  Africa Biodiversity  Collaborative Group, Conservation International, and The Nature Conservancy. The purpose of this document is to provide … Continue reading →

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Issue 126 December 13, 2013 | Focus on Community-Led Total Sanitation This issue updates the May 2013 Weekly on CLTS with more recent reports and other resources. Included are presentations from a sanitation workshop in Benin, reviews of CLTS successes and shortcomings, a … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) See on www.youtube.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus USAID TRAction – Call for abstracts on household air pollution The USAID Translating Research into Action (TRAction) Project, which supports implementation science to identify best practices and ensure that evidence can be applied in practice, … Continue reading →

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No shame in a simple pit latrine - Complete article/source – Diane Coffey, RICE Institute, Dec 11 2013. Excerpts - Today I just want to take a couple of minutes to share a short story about a modest pit latrine.  Amit and … Continue reading →

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Below are updates on news and events from members of the USAID Community of Practice (COP) on WASH and Nutrition and links to recent studies and reports added to the WASH/Nutrition Library. Please send an email if you have a recent publication … Continue reading →

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Bringing Design Thinking To Social Problems, Ideo.org Focuses On The People In Need | Complete article: FastCoexist, Dec 2013 | The nonprofit spin-off of the huge design firm takes on issues like sanitation and clean cook stoves from the unique … Continue reading →

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Water and Sanitation Program - The Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has made good progress in achieving rural sanitation outcomes and is well recognized as a high performer at an all-India level. Like other states, Himachal Pradesh also implemented the Total … Continue reading →

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At the first official UN celebration of World Toilet Day on 19 November 2013, a “mobile” toilet takes over the seat of Yemen at the UN headquarters in New York. Listen to the podcast of the UN Seminar and panel … Continue reading →

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WaterAid is currently carrying out a SHARE-funded action research project in Zambia and Uganda in collaboration with WEDC and the Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre (LCD), called Undoing Inequity: water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that deliver for all.  The project … Continue reading →

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Sanitation experts at IRC have compiled the first version of a reference guide on low-cost sanitation for non-sewered service models, SanPack for short.  Dr Christine Sijbesma and Joep Verhagen have collected materials that cover services for all stages of the … Continue reading →

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Q+A – Using technology to map Nairobi slums for more toilets, less trash | Source: Katy Migiro, Reuters, Nov 28, 2013 | NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly seven out of 10 residents of Nairobi’s slums use shared toilets or pit latrines … Continue reading →

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Recently-retired Indian cricket legend SachinTendulkar has become UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia to promote hygiene and sanitation in the region over the next two years. “I was disheartened to know was that 1600 children die everyday because of diarrhoeal infected … Continue reading →

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How will urban households deal with hygiene, wastewater and solid waste in 2050? The solution, according to the combined vision of  Veolia Environnement and the London School of Economics (LSE), lies in “a circular economy based on continuous reuse”. In a home free … Continue reading →

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First we had “no toilet, no bride“, now you need a toilet to be elected in India. At least that’s  what chief minister Nitish Kumar is proposing for his state Bihar. He made the announcement on World Toilet Day, 19 … Continue reading →

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The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh is to conduct detailed planning to convert faecal matter from pit latrines into commercially viable fertiliser, biogas and electricity. The aim is to complete the sanitation chain by making material from millions of pit … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus USAID TRAction – Call for abstracts on household air pollution The USAID Translating Research into Action (TRAction) Project, which supports implementation science to identify best practices and ensure that evidence can be applied in practice, … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus POSITIVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN PROGRAMS FOR WOMENS AND CHILD NUTRITION IN BANGLADESH: SCALING UP TIPPY-TAPS | 20th International Congress of Nutrition , Granada, Spain, September 15–20, 2013. E. Williams1, Y. See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Orlando Hernandez, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with the USAID WASHplus project, provides a description of WASHplus sanitation activities in Africa a… See on www.youtube.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today three awards made through the $1 million Fuel-efficient Cookstove Distribution in Kenya Grants Competition, a major component of USAID’s Developing a Sustainable… See on www.usaid.govFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus EVIDENCE LINKING HANDWASHING TO IMPROVED CHILD FEEDING OUTCOME | 20th International Congress of Nutrition , Granada, Spain, September 15–20, 2013 Link to the presentation on the Alive & Thrive website L. See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: … Continue reading →

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Akvopedia has launched a new water and sanitation portal on sustainability. Developed by Akvo in collaboration with IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, the portal provides simple outlines of sustainability frameworks, such as the IRC’s Triple-S framework, as well as the … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Wait – Governments, civil society and business should work together to tackle sanitation for women’s health; say Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Unilever and WaterAid Dowwload the report here.  A collaborative approach between governments, civil society and … Continue reading →

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Why World Toilet Day 2013 matters: unblocking constipated progress on sanitation Author: Julian Doczi, Research Officer – Water Policy, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK, j.doczi@odi.org.uk A few months ago, the sanitation world received a welcome boost when the UN … Continue reading →

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A sculpture representing the World Toilet Day logo has been unveiled on Singapore’s Marina Barrage. Commissioned by the World Toilet Organization, the sculpture’s title “Evolution of Man: Poo Pee Happy” represents the evolution from cave man to civilised man, who … Continue reading →

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Join Louie the Loo to celebrate the little guy in the corner – your toilet! Did you know he’s a life-saver, and where toilets don’t exist, thousands die?Filed under: Campaigns and Events Tagged: WaterAid, World Toilet Day 2013

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World Toilet Day (WTD) is observed annually on November 19. The purpose of this international day is to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. Resources in this issue include links to WTD events, … Continue reading →

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The business case for sanitation in developing countries is testified by the thousands of small scale entrepreneurs springing up to tackle problems of open defecation and process faecal waste and urine. Will these businesses be profitable and sustainable? Can they … Continue reading →

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Sanergy won the first Sarphati Santation Award because in the past two years it has built 242 sanitation facilities run by 130 local entrepreneurs from Nairobi’s slums, who earn US$ 2,000 per year in income for their families while providing … Continue reading →

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Launch of Cochrane Review on WASH and Chilhood Undernutrition – Nov 6, 2013. | Source: SHARE The UK Launch of the Cochrane Review on WASH and Childhood Undernutrition was held yesterday at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine … Continue reading →

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New York City residents produce 11,000 tons of garbage every day. Every day! This astonishing statistic is just one of the reasons Robin Nagle started a research project with the city’s Department of Sanitation. She walked the routes, operated mechanical … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus The “Costing Sustainable Services” online course was developed to assist governments, NGOs, donors, and individuals to plan and budget for sustainable and equitable WASH services, using a life-cycle cost approach. See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Gender is an important issue in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). In most societies women have the primary responsibility for managing the household water supply, sanitation, and health. Water is necessary not only for … … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Includes links to the past 100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly on various sanitation and other topics … See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Sustainable Service Delivery in an Increasingly Urbanized World: USAID Policy Paper, 2013. USAID. See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Hygiene and sanitation practices amongst residents of three long‐term refugee camps in Thailand, Ethiopia and Kenya. Trop Med Int Health 17(9):1133‐1141.(Abstract); Bowen A, Agboatwalla M, Luby S, Tobery T, Ayers T, … See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Mapping sustainability assessment tools to support sustainable water and sanitation service delivery, 2013. 2013_WP6_SustainabilityAssessmentTools.pdf  (1,000.92 kB) Authors: Julia Boulenouar, Ryan… See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus The future of global health is urban health. By – Gerry V Stimson (Is the future of #globalhealth urban health? See on www.thelancet.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus It is a problem that affects more than a third of the world’s population but often goes unnoticed. Across the world, nearly 2.5 billion people routinely use wood or dried dung mixed with stra… See … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus What does the coastal community of Bolinas, Calif., have in common with the impoverished island nation of Haiti? See on www.rdmag.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Launched by the London School of  Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and others the SuperAmma campaign is the culmination of years of behavioural science research to inculcate the habit of handwashing w… See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled under: … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Issue 121 November 1, 2013 | Focus on the Health Impacts of WASH Interventions This issue updates the May 2013 Weekly on WASH-related diseases. Included are links to four reports, seven journal art… See on sanitationupdates.wordpress.comFiled … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus This video investigates the cost of having in place inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene services in Uganda. A team of WaterAid and partner staff carried out an accessibility audit on water and … See on … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Considerations for Policy Development and Scaling-Up Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage with Communicable Disease Prevention Efforts, 2013. World Health Organization. See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Cooking is essential–and what you cook with, too. In Cambodia, women entrepreneurs are taking up cookstove production, making hundreds of improved cookstoves every month, reducing their wood consumption and increasing their income. See on www.scoop.itFiled … Continue reading →

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Household Water Chlorination Reduces Incidence of Diarrhea among Under-Five Children in Rural Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE, Oct. 2013. Full text Bezatu Mengistie, et al. See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus A literature review of the status of fuelwood and charcoal in sub-Saharan Africa done by ICRAF and partners under CGIAR Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. See on blog.worldagroforestry.orgFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Clean cook stoves cost between Rs 3k- 6k each & are currently out of reach for the estimated 3bn people worldwide living on less than $2 a day. See on economictimes.indiatimes.comFiled under: Uncategorized

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See on Scoop.it – WASHplus Can Improved Cooking Stoves Work? The Nepal Chulo Experience, 2013. Full text D DWANDE, et al. What motivates rural households to switch from older cooking methods to newer, more improved, ones? See on blogs.washplus.orgFiled under: … Continue reading →

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Issue 121 November 1, 2013 | Focus on the Health Impacts of WASH Interventions This issue updates the May 2013 Weekly on WASH-related diseases. Included are links to four reports, seven journal articles plus 14 Weeklies on WASH and various health … Continue reading →

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Launched by the London School of  Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and others the SuperAmma campaign is the culmination of years of behavioural science research to inculcate the habit of handwashing with soap. We designed a  communication campaign based on the … Continue reading →

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This video investigates the cost of having in place inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene services in Uganda. A team of WaterAid and partner staff carried out an accessibility audit on water and sanitation facilities constructed by the community in the … Continue reading →

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Mapping sustainability assessment tools to support sustainable water and sanitation service delivery, 2013. 2013_WP6_SustainabilityAssessmentTools.pdf  (1,000.92 kB) Authors: Julia Boulenouar, Ryan Schweitzer and Harold Lockwood. Water Services That Last.   This paper reviews five different sustainability assessment tools that are currently … Continue reading →

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New video launched by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) during SACOSAN V in Nepal. Including examples from Nepal, India and Pakistan, the video points to the Colombo Declaration through which governments from the region have committed themselves to improving … Continue reading →

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Domestic water and sanitation as water security: monitoring, concepts and strategy. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 13 November 2013. Full text David J. Bradley and Jamie K. Bartram Domestic water and sanitation provide examples of a situation where long-term, target-driven … Continue reading →

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The fifth SACOSAN will be hosted by Nepal from 22-24 October 2013 in Kathmandu with motto of “Sanitation for All:All for Sanitation.” Conference website  Country Papers Bangladesh Country Paper India Country Paper Maldives Country Paper Pakistan Country Paper Sri Lanka … Continue reading →

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UN: Treated Waste Could be ‘Gold Mine’ | Source: Environmental Leader – Oct 10 2013 Recycling and waste treatment can be a “gold mine,” perhaps literally, according to a UN report that finds treated waste can be put to profitable use.  For … Continue reading →

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Microfinance boosts latrine purchases in rural Cambodia | Source: WaterSHED, Sept 27, 2013 | An innovative way to integrate micro-finance and sanitation marketing is resulting in a truly Hands-Off success story and helping to scale up access to safe toilets … Continue reading →

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An Annotated Bibliography of 2013 Handwashing Studies This annotated bibliography was compiled by WASHplus and contains citations and abstracts to 20 peer-review handwashing studies that were published from January through September 2013. Links are also provided to the abstract or … Continue reading →

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Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in Bangladesh using the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (IBM-WASH). BMC Public Health 2013, 13:877 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-877 Full text Kristyna RS Hulland, et al. Background – In Bangladesh diarrhoeal disease … Continue reading →

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An ideal sanitation solution | Source: The Hindu-Sept 27 2013 | In TPPF you revisit a technology developed and fine-tuned in India decades ago and which still continues to be relevant for the sanitation sector, feels  - S. Vishwanath  Of … Continue reading →

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In 2012, when Indian Minister Jairam Ramesh remarked that “the country needs more toilets than temples”, he was stripped of his additional post as Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation [1]. Not all religious leaders object to linking temples … Continue reading →

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Issue 118 September 27, 2013 | Focus on Management of Health Care Waste To reduce the burden of disease, health care waste needs sound management. The unsafe disposal of health care waste (for example, contaminated syringes and needles) poses public health … Continue reading →

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – RTI International has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a toilet for use in developing nations that converts human waste into burnable fuel, stored energy and disinfected, non-potable … Continue reading →

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India, urban sanitation, and the toilet challenge, 2013. Full text Elledge, M.F., McClatchey, M. RTI International.  This research brief builds upon a literature review and stakeholder interviews in India on urban sanitation to examine the public policy landscape for sanitation … Continue reading →

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Designing a handwashing station for infrastructure-restricted communities in Bangladesh using the integrated behavioural model for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (IBM-WASH). BMC Public Health, Sept 2013, 13:877. Full text Kristyna RS, et al. Background – In Bangladesh diarrhoeal disease and … Continue reading →

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Substantial local government investment is essential for sustainable services, but difficult to achieve. Barriers include institutional lack of clarity over responsibilities (particularly in sanitation provision), weak capacity to collect and manage revenues, unpredictable transfers from national to local government, and … Continue reading →

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West Africa Learning and Exchange Workshop “Towards sustainable total sanitation” Cotonou, Benin, 12-14 November 2013 Organised by: IRC, UNICEF, WaterAid and SNV This workshop targets sanitation practitioners that have hands-on experience with the implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programmes … Continue reading →

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Issue 117 – September 20, 2013 | Focus on WASH and Nutrition This issue contains some of the most recent studies and resources that discuss the integration of WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) with nutrition. Included are a recent webinar on … Continue reading →

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Supporting entrepreneurs to start up viable sanitation businesses can be relatively straightforward. However, challenges typically arise in the transition from donor-supported start-up to true independence. This Practice Note looks at the obstacles that need to be overcome in growing start-up … Continue reading →

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A municipality in western-central Nepal has been the first in the country to achieve Total Behaviour Change (TBC) in Hygiene and Sanitation. TBC refers to a set of water, sanitation and hygiene behaviours and practices that lead to long term community … Continue reading →

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I’ve just had the luxury of sitting down and reading a pile of reports that have been accumulating over the last few months.   A group of these relates to the clear links between sanitation and under-nutrition, especially, how the prevalence … Continue reading →

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Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) seeks a world-class research team to design and implement a research project around triggering increased city-level public finance for pro-poor sanitation improvements. This will likely be located in 3 WSUP programme cities, … Continue reading →

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Thank you to all who attended the USAID Webinar on Environmental Enteropathy and WASH! You can find a recording of the webinar and materials from our presenters, Laura Smith from Cornell University and Helen Petach from USAID, at www.fsnnetwork.org.  Are you … Continue reading →

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Investing in employee WASH = healthy and more productive employees. This simple business logic inspired  WBCSD, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, to  launch a “Pledge for Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene at the Workplace”. Big names like Nestlé, Greif, … Continue reading →

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have set up a joint trust fund to expand non-sewered sanitation and septage management solutions across Asia. The Gates Foundation will invest US$ 15 million into the new Sanitation … Continue reading →

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Tapping the Market: Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Sanitation for the Poor, 2013. Conference Edition. Full text, pdf World Bank; WSP; IFIC. The current market for improved on-site sanitation services in the four countries is large: supplying new systems and … Continue reading →

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The Local Development Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)  announces the next session of the e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation, to be conducted from 23 September to 29 November 2013. The course aims to … Continue reading →

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Celebration of the past and present, while strategising for the future of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) on 31 August Be part of one of the most vibrant Alliances in the sanitation sector and participate in the 17th SuSanA meeting … Continue reading →

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Thai researcher reinvents toilets for urban poor | Source: Ishani Bose, dna – Aug 18, 2013 | Dr Koottatep aims to create a toilet that converts waste water into power, biogas.  Studies show that while 900 million people in India … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Dignity and Social Development, Multimedia, Progress on Sanitation Tagged: Rose George

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No Menstrual Hygiene For Indian Women Holds Economy Back | Source: Natasha Khan & Ketaki Gokhale, Bloomberg – Jul 24, 2013 Sushma Devi, a mother of three in Northern India, stores her “moon cup” on the window sill of the … Continue reading →

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USAID and Rotary International adopt innovative sustainability monitoring tool | Source: Harold Lockwood, Water Services That Last – August 12, 2013 | This is great news and fantastic to see USAID adopting and promoting this approach which aims to really … Continue reading →

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Issue 112 August 16, 2013 | Focus on Sanitation Marketing This issue focuses on sanitation marketing. Several sources define sanitation marketing as an emerging field that applies social and commercial marketing approaches to scale up the supply and demand for … Continue reading →

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Unicef Sweden is using a “Sweat Machine” to help raise awareness and funds for drinking water projects. Visitors at the Gothia Cup youth soccer tournament in Gothenburg in July handed in their sweaty shirt after a workout on an exercise … Continue reading →

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Improving Access to Water and Sanitation: Is the Answer Individual Behavioral Change? | Source: Dr. John Akudago, Pacific Institute - June 25, 2013 | Born and raised in rural Africa where I spent my youthful life, open defecation was not only … Continue reading →

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The date of SACOSAN-V has been pre-poned from 11-13 November to 22-24 October 2013. Organised by the Nepal Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS), the theme of SACOSAN-V is ”Sanitation for All: All for Sanitation”. … Continue reading →

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Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. In Zambia several schools have … Continue reading →

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Issue 111 August 9, 2013 | Cholera Prevention and Control This issue updates the August 2012 Weekly with studies and resources published in 2013 on cholera prevention and control. Included are the latest statistics from WHO on the number of cholera … Continue reading →

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Toxic waste’s health impact in Asia similar to malaria’s |Source: Prime Sarmiento, SciDev Net, Aug 7, 2013| Toxic waste is an under-recognised major global health burden comparable to outdoor air pollution and malaria, according to a study. The paper says … Continue reading →

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Will data linking open defecation to undernutrition force change? {Source: Mark Tran, The Guardian, Aug 1, 2013} Studies show a link between open defecation and stunted development, but merely building toilets may not be the answer More people have mobile … Continue reading →

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A cross sectional survey of knowledge, attitude and practices related to house flies among dairy farmers in Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2013, 9:18 Full text Hafiz Azhar Ali Khan. et al. Background: House flies are of major public … Continue reading →

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WHO Technical Notes for Emergencies, 2013  Please click the links below to view pdfs of the World Health Organization Technical Notes for Emergencies.  Cleaning and disinfecting wells Cleaning and disinfecting boreholes Cleaning and disinfecting water storage tanks and tankers Rehabilitating small-scale … Continue reading →

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An NGO is employing a self-help “cottage industry model” to introduce water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)  services in refugee camps. Instead of relying on handouts, refugees are offered a steady wage to participate in the improvement of their own living conditions. … Continue reading →

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Workshop report: Realising the right to sanitation:  International and comparative perspectives, 2013. Full text SHARE.   SHARE, WaterAid and the Law, Environment and Development Centre (LEDC) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) organised a one-and-a-half day workshop … Continue reading →

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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre announces a research call for: Commercially viable processing of pit latrine contents: using a mix of human faeces, chicken manure and silage material. This call is part of the BRAC WASH II programme in which … Continue reading →

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The General Assembly has just passed a resolution proposed by the Government of Singapore on Sanitation for All  and the establishment of November 19th as World Toilet Day. The full resolution will become available later today. For updates follow @team_toilet on Twitter. … Continue reading →

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Tea stalls are a common phenomenon in Bangladesh, it is a place where people gather not just for tea, but to hang out and talk freely about whatever is important to them. Male field workers in the BRAC WASH programme have started visiting these stalls to discuss sanitation and hygiene practices. Continue reading →

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Characteristics of latrines in central Tanzania and their relation to fly catches. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 18;8(7). Full text Irish S, Aiemjoy K, Torondel B, Abdelahi F, Ensink JH. The disposal of human excreta in latrines is an important step … Continue reading →

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Issue 108 | July 19, 2013 | Focus on Food Hygiene This issue contains studies and resources on food hygiene from 2012 and 2013. Included are studies on weaning foods, food hygiene in households, food hygiene in schools and informal … Continue reading →

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Faecal sludge management seems to be the flavour of the month. Now it is the theme of the July edition of Waterlines. In the editorial Prof. Richard Carter writes: In the typical population densities of urban slums, a sludge volume … Continue reading →

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Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have identified a new bacteria that breaks down nasty compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics and linked to health problems. And they’re still teenagers. Filed under: Progress on Sanitation Tagged: plastics, solid wastes

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International H2O Collaboration The USAID-Rotary International H2O Collaboration was launched in March 2009, and the first round of pilot projects were finalized in 2012 in the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and the Philippines. The central goal of this collaboration between Rotary … Continue reading →

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Research Brief: The Economic Returns of Sanitation Interventions in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2013. Full text, pdf  Water and Sanitation Program. Key Messages Sanitation interventions have very favorable socio-economic returns to households and society, contributing to improved health, clean environment, … Continue reading →

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Liberia: Government, USAID-Iwash Score Big CLTS Success |Source, July 15, 2013| A total of sixty one communities in Bong, Lofa and Nimba counties have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) after a meticulous process conducted by the government of Liberia … Continue reading →

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the UK Department for International Development (DfID) have initiated a partnership to focus on solutions for the sustainable provision of sanitation to the urban poor. They are jointly seeking proposals to test … Continue reading →

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Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) seeks a world-class research team to design and implement a research project in Dhaka (Bangladesh) around the effectiveness of large-scale sanitation promotion strategies to improve usage and maintenance of existing communal toilet … Continue reading →

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The Emergency Sanitation Project, a collaboration between IFRC, WASTE and Oxfam GB, has launched a design contest for public urinals. The urinals should be attractive and safe to use, lightweight to transport by air to emergency situations and easy to … Continue reading →

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Milestone reached – 50 grants showcased on online discussion forum as part of sanitation project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Source: SEI News, July 5, 2013 | Sanitation experts and enthusiasts around the world from the … Continue reading →

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Issue 107 | July 12, 2013 | Focus on Menstrual Hygiene Management, 2nd Edition This issue updates the August 2012 Weekly on menstrual hygiene management (MHM). It includes an upcoming conference, a toolkit from WaterAid, a review of the health … Continue reading →

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November 21, 2013 – 2nd Annual Virtual Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in WASH in Schools (WinS) Conference Background: The 2nd annual virtual MHM conference will provide an opportunity to share MHM lessons learned with the WASH in Schools (WinS) community … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is currently recruiting to populate a roster of Senior Consultants Sanitation and Hygiene Programming Support. Placement on the roster will enable consultants to be contracted on a retainer basis to provide support … Continue reading →

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Handwashing With Soap Can Help Us Achieve the Millennium Development Goals by Myriam Sidibe, Global Social Mission Director, Unilever-Lifebuoy | Source: Huffington Post blog, July 6, 2013 Being able to live a clean, active and healthy life should be a … Continue reading →

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A new video by IRC’s WASHCost project examines the full costs of building traditional latrines in Mozambique. Cost data is essential for planning by the governments. In Mozambique, this is done by local authorities. There are many challenges in getting … Continue reading →

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2.6 billion people are waiting for a toilet and the faecal sludge of an additional 1.5 billion people never gets treated.  In the face of these indeed formidable challenges, the sanitation sector seems to have forgotten to celebrate the growing … Continue reading →

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All over the world, “unseen men and women [...] do the work that most of us do not want to do”: collecting our waste. Seldom, do they get a chance to be in the limelight. In 2008, former scavengers from … Continue reading →

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The Sarphati Sanitation Award is a biennial international award honouring the outstanding contribution of an individual or organisation to the global sanitation and public health challenge through entrepreneurship. The first Sarphati Sanitation Award will be presented on 5 November 2013 during … Continue reading →

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Issue 106 | July 3, 2013 | Focus on Behavior Change This issue contains 2013 studies and resources on behavior change in water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Included are a USAID-sponsored event and webinar on behavior change and an interview … Continue reading →

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WEDC has prepared excellent posters/fact sheets on WASH topics for its conference in Kenya.  The posters are listed below and also on the WEDC website.   Results 1 – 10 of 32: (Number of pages: 4) Poster 001: Latrine slabs (2013) Reed, … Continue reading →

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Watch the webcast of USAID’s discussion on “Behavior Change in WASH Programs: From Barriers and Access to Application and Use.” Featuring Chris Holmes, Merri Weinger and Jenny Datoo, USAID; Ron Clemmer, World Vision; and Orlando Hernandez, WASHplus/FHI 360. Filed under: … Continue reading →

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Issue 105 | June 28, 2013 | Focus on Sanitation for Preschool-Age Children  This issue focuses on sanitation for infants and preschool-age children. Many cultures consider the stools of infants harmless, or less harmful than those of adults. However, because … Continue reading →

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Program Effectiveness Manager WaterAid Australia is looking for a motivated and experienced Program Effectiveness Manager to join the leadership group of the International Programs department. This is an exciting, new opportunity in our small and dynamic team for someone who … Continue reading →

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is organising an “Action Planning Workshop on Promoting Innovations in Wastewater Management in Bangladesh” in Khulna  from 1-3  July 2013. This is the follow-up of a conference held in January 2013 when the ADB launched its Promoting … Continue reading →

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West Africa Learning and Exchange Workshop “Towards sustainable total sanitation” Cotonou, Benin, 12-14 November 2013 Organised by: IRC, UNICEF, WaterAid and SNV This workshop targets sanitation practitioners that have hands-on experience with the implementation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programmes … Continue reading →

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Community-driven sanitation improvement in deprived urban neighbourhoods: Meeting the challenges of local collective action, co-production, affordability and a trans-sectoral approach, 2013. Full text, pdf Gordon McGranahan. There is an international consensus that urban sanitary conditions are in great need of … Continue reading →

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Scale-up of urban sanitation remains an elusive goal in most low-income cities. Donor interventions are often macro-investments without adequate attention to low-income communities, or small pilots that do not address the challenges of scale. Taking urban sanitation to scale requires … Continue reading →

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Water, sanitation, hygiene and enteric infections in children. Arch Dis Child doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301528 Full text Joe Brown, Sandy Cairncross, Jeroen H J Ensink Correspondence info: Dr Jeroen H J Ensink, Environmental Health Group, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School … Continue reading →

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Extra Food Means Nothing to Stunted Kids With Bad Water: Health | Source: Adi Narayan, Bloomberg-Jun 12, 2013 | Aameena Mohammed gives her 20-month-old daughter Daslim Banu plenty to eat. The girl’s mother supplements breast milk with eggs, soup and rice … Continue reading →

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Delegates attending LatinoSan 2013 have agreed to set up a Latin-American and Caribbean Observatory on Sanitation. The observatory will monitor progress on sanitation in those countries that have signed up to the LatinoSan initiative. Sub-regional and national sanitation scorecards are already … Continue reading →

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Exploring changes in open defecation prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa based on national level indices Link to study About 215 million people in sub-Saharan Africa still defecate in fields, forests or out in the open, a practice that puts people and … Continue reading →

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Community-Led Total Sanitation in East Asia and Pacific: Progress, Lessons and Directions, 2013.  Full text, pdf UNICEF, Plan, WaterAid and Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a community-wide behaviour change approach to stop open defecation which … Continue reading →

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Evaluating the potential of microfinance for sanitation in India, 2013. Full text, pdf Sophie Trémolet, T V S Ravi Kumar. SHARE.  This case study investigates how household financing for sanitation can be mobilised via microfinance institutions and commercial banks in … Continue reading →

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Evaluating the potential of microfinance for sanitation in Tanzania, 2013. Full text, pdf Sophie Trémolet, George Muruka. SHARE. The objectives of the case study are to investigate how household financing for sanitation can be mobilised via microfinance institutions, community banks and … Continue reading →

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Reliably assessing the cost of different sanitation solutions is a key urban planning challenge. This Practice Note describes an Excel-based financial analysis tool which generates reliable costings of different options for achieving 100% sanitation access across low-income and non-low-income areas. … Continue reading →

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WSSCC is pleased to announce publication of Celebrating Womanhood: How better menstrual hygiene management is the path to better health, dignity and business, the final report from the International Women’s Day event arranged in Geneva in March 2013 by WSSCC. … Continue reading →

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This issue contains recent studies and resources on several WASH-related diseases: cholera, dengue, diarrhea, leptospirosis, neglected tropical diseases, malnutrition, and typhoid. Included are a just-published UNICEF cholera toolkit, an updated review of WASH-related diseases from DfID, typhoid case studies from … Continue reading →

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The HappyTap, a low-cost handwashing device for the Vietnamese market, is one of seven innovations to receive a grant from the WASH for Life Partnership. This US$ 17 million initiative is co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and … Continue reading →

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Dr. Peter Morgan has been named the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his work to protect the health and lives of millions of people through improved sanitation and water technologies. | Source: Stockholm International Water Institute | H.M. King Carl … Continue reading →

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New Global Study Pinpoints Main Causes of Childhood Diarrheal Diseases, Suggests Effective Solutions A new international study published today in The Lancet provides the clearest picture yet of the impact and most common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading … Continue reading →

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Developing and Monitoring Protocol for the Elimination of Open Defecation in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2013.  UNICEF. Link to full text, pdf Eliminating open defecation is increasingly seen as a key health outcome, with links to reduced stunting, improved educational and positive … Continue reading →

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Water Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian firm Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd for technical know-how and consultancy services in sewerage management in African countries. WSA selected Indah Water “to be in a technical … Continue reading →

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Cholera Toolkit 2013. UNICEF. Toolkit website The UNICEF Cholera Toolkit aims to provide UNICEF Offices, counterparts and partners with one source of information for prevention (or risk reduction) and control of cholera outbreaks, preparedness, response and recovery – including integration … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) has specified in its Medium Term Strategic Plan 2012-2016 that all programmes funded by WSSCC’s Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) are subject to independent mid-term and five-year evaluations. These evaluations are aligned with … Continue reading →

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North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the “Kiriwatsan I Project”. The Ministry of Public Works is implementing this project with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the … Continue reading →

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To tackle the alarming resurgence of cholera, UNICEF has launched a new comprehensive Cholera Toolkit on 15 May 2013. The toolkit launch [...] will be the culmination of a thorough review of existing guidance and global consultation with UNICEF at … Continue reading →

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“If women can have moustaches we can all talk about menstruation”. With this message WASH United kicked off May MENSTRAVAGANZA, a 28-day campaign to raise awareness and break the silence around menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Messages are posted on the campaign … Continue reading →

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The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies [1] from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources … Continue reading →

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An international research institute is helping the government of Sri Lanka to improve septage management in the country. On 8 May 2013, the Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage signed a Memorandum … Continue reading →

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During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the US Government launched a series of economic programmes collectively known as the New Deal. The largest  of these programmes, run by WPA, the Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects … Continue reading →

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Below are links to the past 100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly on various sanitation and other topics. We welcome suggestions on how to make the Weekly more useful. 2013 May 4: Water & Food Security Apr 26: Focus on Cookstoves & … Continue reading →

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Published on May 3, 2013 - Presentation by Rose George (journalist and author of ‘The Big Necessity’ http://www.rosegeorge.com) at “Making connections: Women, sanitation and health” event. Filed under: Dignity and Social Development, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Rose George

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Filed under: Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Sanitation and Health Tagged: women's health

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The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh has produced a new handwashing promotion video. It shows slides of handwashing promotion sessions for different groups (children, adolescent girls, women, men), as well as for schools, village WASH committees and mosques (imams). The video was … Continue reading →

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Below are links to the 100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly that have been compiled since March 2011 on WASH and Indoor Air Pollution issues. We welcome suggestions for future Weekly topics and also any suggestions on how to make it … Continue reading →

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Educational cartoon boosts worm infection prevention | Source: News-Medical, Apr 29, 2013 | Researchers in China have found that a health education package targeted at schoolchildren can improve hygiene behaviors and reduce the incidence of soil-transmitted helminth infection. The study, published in … Continue reading →

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A Systematic Review of the Health and Social Effects of Menstrual Hygiene Management. PLoS ONE 8(4) 2013. Full text Sumpter C, Torondel B Background – Differing approaches to menstrual hygiene management (MHM) have been associated with a wide range of … Continue reading →

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How to … design a sanitation app | Source:  The Guardian, March 22, 2013 | Trémolet Consulting won the London leg of the 2012 Sanitation Hackathon. The team explain how to take your mobile app idea from concept to creation … Continue reading →

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12th Specialised Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 4th Specialised Conference on Resource Oriented Sanitation 02-04 November 2014, Muscat, Oman Website: www.iwahq.org/1wr/events/iwa-events/2014/swws-2014.html Organised by: International Water Association (IWA) Small water and wastewater treatment plants play an important role in … Continue reading →

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The Republic of Panama is organizing the Third Latin American Sanitation Conference on 29-31 May 2013. The theme is:  “Universal Sanitation: New Challenges, New Opportunities”. Latinosan is held every three years. Latinosan 2013 consists of two events: a technical conference and a meeting … Continue reading →

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UNICEF/Malawi: CLTS Triggering Tools: How to Trigger for Hand Washing with Soap, March 2013. Link to full-text, pdf An Excerpt: The tools outlined by this document were developed based on actual field research in testing, done as a collaborative effort … Continue reading →

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The RWSN equity and inclusion group is pleased to announce its latest webinar on Removing Barriers to WASH. If you would like to attend, please inform ShamilaJansz@wateraid.org. For more details, see below:   Description: WEDC and WaterAid have developed a new … Continue reading →

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Issue 97 | April 19, 2013 | A Hand Washing Update The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap (PPPHW) gave WASHplus permission to share this summary of recent hand washing literature that was recently prepared for the partnership. It … Continue reading →

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CARE Water + Impact Report: Walking the Walk, 2013. Link to full text CARE. Summary – CARE has provided water+ services to developing countries for over 55 years and is currently working on more than 180 such projects in over … Continue reading →

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Improving handwashing with soap practices can save children’s lives by reducing preventable diseases like diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. Despite its effectiveness in reducing disease, handwashing with soap is uncommon in many countries. The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) conducted … Continue reading →

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Articles in this series can be downloaded at no charge, but registration is required: Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhea. Lancet, April 12, 2013 Link Summary The Lancet Series on Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea, led by Aga Khan University, Pakistan, provides evidence for … Continue reading →

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Equity of Access to WASH in Schools: A Comparative Study of Policy and Service Delivery in Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Uzbekistan. Full text, pdf Emory University; Unicef. EXCERPTS Understanding the mechanisms by which children are excluded from … Continue reading →

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WaterAid Australia have exciting news! We are recruiting for a Program Effectiveness Manager to join the leadership group of the International Programs department in Melbourne. We are looking for an experienced and passionate individual to support program staff in Southeast … Continue reading →

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A clear distinction is generally made between community and private management of water and sanitation services. This distinction reflects the different motivations, values, attitudes and approaches generally associated with each type of provider. In WSUP programmes, the local context is … Continue reading →

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Clean the World Adds 2 New Board Members: Laura Schwartz and Kelly Cohen to Help Promote Life-Saving Mission | Source: Marketwatch, April 2, 2013 | ORLANDO, Fla., Apr 02, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Clean the World announces the appointment of … Continue reading →

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UNICEF has issued a request for proposal for “Research for Hygiene Behavioural Change among School Children in the Philippines”. The aim of the consultancy to “craft a simple, scalable and sustainable strategy, program and tools based on the EHCP [Essential … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Monty Python’s “What have Romans every done for us” scene – (“Apart from sanitation, the aqueducts and roads” …), Save the Children have released a mock anti-aid video called “What Has Aid Ever Done For Anyone? Apart from…”. … Continue reading →

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Big brother will soon be watching over garbage truck drivers in East Delhi once the local municipal corporation installs an electronic tracking system. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) plans to install global positioning system (GPS) and radio frequency identification … Continue reading →

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The Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) of Loughborough University, UK, in partnership with the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank, recently developed a self-paced online course that addresses the important global challenges facing the water and … Continue reading →

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In an interview with Pan European Networks, IRC Senior Sanitation Specialist Joep Verhagen explains how sanitation efforts need to begin to increase their focus on sustainability. EU aid for water and sanitation hit a record €1.6bn in 2009, but in March 2012 the … Continue reading →

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Everyone, everywhere: A vision for water, sanitation and hygiene post-2015, 2013. WaterAid. Everyone, everywhere: A vision for water, sanitation and hygiene post-2015, outlines WaterAid’s vision for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the post-2015 framework. Published on World Water Day … Continue reading →

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Providing toilets to the poorest may be “dear to the hearts of many non-profits, aid agencies and governments” but if you want to involve business you have to start with the better-off families first. So says business woman and sanitation … Continue reading →

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As a follow-up to his “toilet strike” last month, actor Matt Damon narrates a new water.org video promoting sanitation and clean water that was released on  World Water Day.  “Quick, what invention saved the most lives in human history? The … Continue reading →

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The Global Sanitation Fund Progress Report 2012, a new report from the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), details programmatic results, reporting methodology and financial data from Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programmes in Africa and Asia. In 10 countries … Continue reading →

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On World WaterDay, 22 March, the World Bank announced the Top 10 Finalists of the Sanitation Hackathon App Challenge. The challenge is a follow-up to the Sanitation Hackathon, which attracted over 1,100 developers in December 2012 to solve sanitation problems. The … Continue reading →

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Pit Latrines and Their Impacts on Groundwater Quality: A Systematic Review. Environ Health Perspect, March 22, 2013. doi:10.1289/ehp.1206028 Full text Jay P. Graham and Matthew L. Polizzotto. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Department of Global Health, George Washington … Continue reading →

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On WaterCouch.tv, Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp shares a practical example of international water cooperation that emerged during the 2013 World Water Day celebrations in The Hague, The Netherlands. In one of the sessions, BRAC WASH programme director Dr Babar Kabir explained that … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Campaigns and Events, East Asia & Pacific, Hygiene Promotion Tagged: Cambodia, sanitation marketing, WaterSHED

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Empirical Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation Access to Fecal-Associated Health Impacts RFA#:WASH2013-001  Status:Posted:March 18, 2013 Questions Due:Monday, April 1, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) Applications Due: Monday, April 29, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) … Continue reading →

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Desk Review Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation Access to Fecal-Associated Health Impacts RFA#:WASH2013-002  Status:Current Posted:March 18, 2013 Questions Due:Monday, April 1, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) Applications Due:Monday, April 29, 2013, 5:00pm … Continue reading →

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Perveen Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute (OPP-RTI), was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday 13 March 2013. The internationally acclaimed and widely replicated project that she led, succeeded in bringing low-cost sanitation to Karachi’s … Continue reading →

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Issue 92 | March 15, 2013 | Focus on WASH Sustainability This issue contains notices of upcoming events and links to recent studies, reports, and blog posts on WASH sustainability. The IRC Water and Sanitation Center’s Triple-S project states that … Continue reading →

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Extending water and sanitation services to the urban poor will often involve contractual relationships between small-scale entrepreneurs and municipalities or utilities. The expectation is that poor communities are more likely to receive improved services when delivery is formalised under contractual … Continue reading →

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Everywhere in the world, even the poorest families try to beautify their houses. Then why are low-cost latrines often so ugly, ask IRC’s Christine Sijbesma and Erick Baetings. Christine: Ever since I have been working in the lower cost end … Continue reading →

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Issue 91 | March 8, 2013 | Focus on Gender Issues March 8, 2013, is International Women’s Day, a day that has been observed since the early 1900s. Gender is an important issue in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). In … Continue reading →

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In a new video, Mayadevi and Kaman (Nepal),  Toan and Thinh (VietNam) and  Tshering, Drukda, Tashi and Deschen (Bhutan) share stories about women’s participation, leadership and their changing roles in promoting sanitation and hygiene in  Nepal, Bhutan and Viet Nam. The video … Continue reading →

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The SHARE Research Consortium and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) have joined together to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) with a total value of £400,000 for research on sanitation and women in India. Four priority research … Continue reading →

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“Men never come to collect water as it is a woman’s responsibility to provide water and prepare food”. Shanti Devi (35), Gopalpur Mushari, India March 8th is International Women’s Day. WaterAid has launched a new promotional video “Transforming women’s lives” … Continue reading →

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New Sanitation Figures Compete with Official UN Statistics: 6 in 10 Lack Proper Facilities | Source: by Brett Walton, Circle of Blue, Feb 26, 2013 Official United Nations figures claim that 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation. But new … Continue reading →

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Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation Access to Fecal-Associated Health Impacts  RFA #: WASH2013-001 Status: Upcoming Posted: February 25, 2013 Questions Due: Comments Due: March 11, 2013 TRAction is anticipating the release of an RFA to … Continue reading →

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Reblogged from WASH news Asia & Pacific: “What is good about the monitoring system that we are using is that it is participatory so that respondents also get knowledge”, says Senior Sector Specialist Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Mahjabeen Ahmed of … Continue reading →

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Community engagement in water and sanitation service delivery is key for ensuring project sustainability and accountability. This Topic Brief looks at community engagement approaches used by WSUP in three cities within the African Cities for the Future (ACF) programme: Antananarivo … Continue reading →

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210 million more Africans lack access to sanitation than in 1990 | Source: WaterAid-Feb 18, 2013 African Governments are failing to keep their funding promises on sanitation, a new WaterAid report has revealed. The report warns that unless investment is increased, … Continue reading →

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WaterAid is creating a practitioner’s best practice resource to help reduce gender based violence (GBV) related to sanitation, hygiene and water (WASH) in development, humanitarian and transitional contexts. The team is interested to be in contact with any organisation or … Continue reading →

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Feb 21, 2013 – The SHARE Research Consortium is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research into the effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India. Proposals must be led or co-led by an Indian research institution and must address … Continue reading →

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Reblogged from WASH news Asia & Pacific: Babar Kabir is the Senior Director at BRAC and programme director of the BRAC WASH programme. He talks to IRC's Joep Verhagen about this huge programme, the importance of the Village WASH Committee, … Continue reading →

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Sustaining sanitation is much more expensive than building latrines. The 20-year cost of sustaining a basic level sanitation service per person in certain countries is anywhere from 5-20 times the cost per person of building the latrine in the first … Continue reading →

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Today, 2.1 billion people in urban areas use non-sewered (or on-site) sanitation facilities. While much of the work in rural areas is focused on creating and sustaining open defecation free communities and generating demand for communities to construct toilets, the … Continue reading →

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Sanitation – Let’s talk about poo | Source:  IRIN News | Oct. 22, 2012 LONDON, 22 October 2012 (IRIN) – Enter the dignified portals of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine this week, and the first thing you … Continue reading →

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Issue 75 October 19, 2012 | Focus on Waste Pickers This week’s issue contains reports, videos and blog posts that discuss the health, environmental and other issues that affect waste pickers. According to the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, the term … Continue reading →

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“Some very basic elements of human development related to water, sanitation and hygiene that were accepted in the 19th and early 20th  centuries are still unavailable to a large proportion of pregnant women in the 21st century”, write the authors … Continue reading →

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The Sanitation Marketing (SanMark) Community of Practice  is a WASH Reference Group initiative supported by the AusAID Innovations Fund and managed by WaterAid Australia. The WASH Reference Group is an Australian-based Community of Practice comprising 25 organisations working on water, … Continue reading →

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Wherever the Need has produced a simple, but effective sanitation promotion video narrated by Baroness Glenys Kinnock. Wherever the Need is a small UK-based charity with projects in India, Kenya and Sierra Leone. Their latest activity is the introduction of income-generating … Continue reading →

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A narrow majority of participants in an e-debate did not think that external funding for WASH in Schools undermines national and local commitment. From 1 - 12 October 2012, 15 participants discussed the issue of external funding in the second of three e-debates inspired by the SWASH+ Project. One of the participants adequately summarised the debate noting “It is difficult to place oneself on the yes or no side of this argument. In an ideal situation – that most of us are striving for – school WASH would be provided by governments. This is the end game, but we are clearly not there yet.” Continue reading →

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One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation [1], says the World Health Organization, is … Continue reading →

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Issue 74 October 12, 2012 | Global Handwashing Day 2012 Special Edition  For Global Handwashing Day 2012, this Weekly issue contains a literature review of 2012 handwashing studies that was compiled by the Global Public-Private Partnership on Handwashing. The review summarizes studies on … Continue reading →

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Market-driven models for sanitation in low-income areas are of unquestionable importance, but there is broad consensus that the market needs to be supported by some sort of public revenue stream. One approach to revenue generation is to include a sanitation … Continue reading →

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Diarrhea and dengue control in rural primary schools in Colombia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2012, 13:182 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-182 Full text, pdf Hans J Overgaard, et al. Background – Diarrheal diseases and dengue fever are major global health … Continue reading →

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Hi-tech toilets save lives – and mean big business | Source: Matthew Wall, BBC Business News | Oct 8, 2012 In a world where 2.5 billion people still do not have access to basic sanitation facilities, and 1.5 million children … Continue reading →

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Worms Clean Toxic Metals from Indian Soil | Source: Ben Barber, Huffington Post | Oct 8, 2012 Worms, those squishy animals sought after by fishermen for bait and early birds for nutrition, have not got a new occupation — treating … Continue reading →

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“We don’t talk about it at all !” The taboo of menstruation in rural Maharashtra, a major deterrent in achieving menstrual hygiene | Source:  Urmila Chanam, IndiaWaterPortal, Oct 2, 2012 Priyanka, 13 and a chirpy adolescent girl studying in a … Continue reading →

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Re-inventing toilet talk in India with cricket and Bollywood India is the reigning World Cricket Champion. But with 626 million Indians using fields, vacant lots or railroad tracks as their toilet, India is also the world’s open defecation capital, resulting … Continue reading →

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“We’re kind of like the invisible people. He doesn’t realize, you know, the service we provide,” says sanitation worker Richard Hayes, who has picked up the trash at Mitt Romney’s US$ 12 million Californian house. Hayes and fellow sanitation worker … Continue reading →

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The Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting innovators to send letters of inquiry for round 3 of the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge. Successful applicants will receive grants to design, prototype and test on-site, … Continue reading →

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You will not see any real poo in the two short films that won the 2012 Golden Poo Awards today. A relief for those who find the sight of the real thing offensive, but unlikely a prime concern of the 2.6 … Continue reading →

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You are invited to join the second in a series of three e-debates on WASH in Schools, inspired by lessons from the SWASH+ Project. It will take place from 1-5 October on  ircwash.createdebate.com The key question that we are raising … Continue reading →

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Issue 72 September 28, 2012 | Focus on Entrepreneurship in WASH and Household Energy  This issue contains some of the latest news and announcements about the role of entrepreneurs in providing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and household energy products and … Continue reading →

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The number of US philanthropists with a passion for sanitation has now doubled. Following in the footsteps of Bill Gates who launched Reinventing the Toilet, “Chief Toilet Hacker” John Kluge aims to provide 1 million toilets in the developing world. … Continue reading →

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Sanitation Updates’ favourite to win the 2012 Golden Poo Award for best short film has to be Bum Bay. Set to the tune of the 1969 Indo-pop hit “Bombay Meri Hai” – transformed to “Bum Bay Meri Hai” – we … Continue reading →

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A new IRC paper explores some contributions being made by honey-sucker tanker operators — that renders a small-scale sanitation service informally and within the private sector — on waste (faecal) extraction and, in some cases, reuse. Operating outside the legal … Continue reading →

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Global Handwashing Day is a global celebration of handwashing with soap involving over 200 million people in over 100 countries worldwide In 2012, Global Handwashing Day will share its 5th anniversary with over 121 million children who are also celebrating … Continue reading →

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Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) will launch the African Sanitation Think Tank (ASTT) at a high level forum in Senegal this December. The aim of the think thank is show how sanitation policies can be translated into action on the … Continue reading →

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Sustainable sanitation experts and enthusiast gathered at the SuSanA meeting in Stockholm two weeks ago where they exchanged experiences from their global programmes, networked and begun conversations about future collaboration. The meeting material, which includes videos of the presentations, powerpoint … Continue reading →

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The JMP Post-2015 Working Groups have proposed targets and indicators for WASH in schools to be included in future global monitoring of water, sanitation and hygiene. Have they got it right or should they start again from scratch? Overall, most participants … Continue reading →

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By Carmen da Silva Wells Every year, diarrhoea kills more children in developing countries than AIDS, malaria and measles combined (Pruss-Ustun 2008). Sanitation subsidies are a common tool used to motivate households to construct toilets. This seems an obvious response: many … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Africa, East Asia & Pacific, Emergency Sanitation, Multimedia Tagged: Kenya, Pakistan, Peepoo

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Rojas, F. (2012). Living without sanitary sewers in Latin America – The business of collecting fecal sludge in four Latin American cities. World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), Latin America and the Caribbean. Full text The present report spotlights … Continue reading →

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Cash Rewards Spur Poor Communities to Pay for Sanitation Projects | Source: by Nicole Wallace, Philanthropy.com – Sept 11, 2012 An international aid charity is taking an unorthodox approach to helping people in Cambodia and Vietnam improve sanitation and hygiene: … Continue reading →

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Towards Inclusive WASH: Sharing evidence and experience from the field, 2012. WaterAid Australia.  This new publication is a record of the WASH sector’s efforts to achieve equity and inclusion in programming around the world. The publication includes one keynote paper … Continue reading →

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Towards Inclusive WASH: Sharing evidence and experience from the field, 2012. WaterAid Australia.  This new publication is a record of the WASH sector’s efforts to achieve equity and inclusion in programming around the world. The publication includes one keynote paper … Continue reading →

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Many people, especially children, are still becoming ill and even dying due to unsafe hygienic behaviour. Good behaviour – using a hygienic toilet, washing hands with soap, safely managing drinking water – are typical behaviours resulting from effective water, sanitation … Continue reading →

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Many people, especially children, are still becoming ill and even dying due to unsafe hygienic behaviour. Good behaviour – using a hygienic toilet, washing hands with soap, safely managing drinking water – are typical behaviours resulting from effective water, sanitation … Continue reading →

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“Sanitation is a passion, not a job,” said Noma Neseni last year at the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India. “I became a human rights commissioner because of toilets. What is gender equality or poverty alleviation when … Continue reading →

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“Sanitation is a passion, not a job,” said Noma Neseni last year at the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India. “I became a human rights commissioner because of toilets. What is gender equality or poverty alleviation when … Continue reading →

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Do you want to influence the global Post-2015 WASH agenda? Do you want to ensure that WASH in Schools gets the prominence it deserves? If you do, then join the e-debate on the JMP Post-2015 indicators for WASH in schools. … Continue reading →

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Do you want to influence the global Post-2015 WASH agenda? Do you want to ensure that WASH in Schools gets the prominence it deserves? If you do, then join the e-debate on the JMP Post-2015 indicators for WASH in schools. … Continue reading →

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Integrating Sanitation into Services for People Living HIV/AIDS, 2012. C-Change; WASHplus.  Full-text, pdf (4MB) The new PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) strategy calls for a comprehensive, multisectoral approach that expands access to prevention, care, and treatment in ways … Continue reading →

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Integrating Sanitation into Services for People Living HIV/AIDS, 2012. C-Change; WASHplus.  Full-text, pdf (4MB) The new PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) strategy calls for a comprehensive, multisectoral approach that expands access to prevention, care, and treatment in ways … Continue reading →

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At this week’s World Water Week in Stockholm, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is releasing a report presenting the latest results from the ongoing implementation by national partners of its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). As of 30 … Continue reading →

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At this week’s World Water Week in Stockholm, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is releasing a report presenting the latest results from the ongoing implementation by national partners of its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). As of 30 … Continue reading →

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Finnish cartoonist Seppo has produced this great cartoon about the Dry Toilet 2012 Conference in Tampere, which ends today. If there is a shortage of clean water, it may not be a wise idea to to pee and poo into it. … Continue reading →

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Finnish cartoonist Seppo has produced this great cartoon about the Dry Toilet 2012 Conference in Tampere, which ends today. If there is a shortage of clean water, it may not be a wise idea to to pee and poo into it. … Continue reading →

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The Global Partnerships for Healthy Homes Initiative (GPH2I) is a multi-disciplinary research initiative launched by the Institute for Corporate Responsibility in partnership with The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy … Continue reading →

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The Global Partnerships for Healthy Homes Initiative (GPH2I) is a multi-disciplinary research initiative launched by the Institute for Corporate Responsibility in partnership with The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy … Continue reading →

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From: Julie Straw, MPH CARE USA Water Team SWASH+ is an action-research and advocacy project focused on increasing the scale, impact and sustainability of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in Kenya. Since September 2006, SWASH+ has collaborated with … Continue reading →

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From: Julie Straw, MPH CARE USA Water Team SWASH+ is an action-research and advocacy project focused on increasing the scale, impact and sustainability of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in Kenya. Since September 2006, SWASH+ has collaborated with … Continue reading →

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Source – WASHfunders Blog, Aug 17, 2012 Editor’s Note: This guest post was authored by Malaika Cheney-Coker, the learning and influencing advisor of the Water Team at CARE USA. Her work includes support on internal and external communications, the application and use … Continue reading →

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Source – WASHfunders Blog, Aug 17, 2012 Editor’s Note: This guest post was authored by Malaika Cheney-Coker, the learning and influencing advisor of the Water Team at CARE USA. Her work includes support on internal and external communications, the application and use … Continue reading →

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Ms Juanita During, the Director of Partnership, Advocacy and Communications at Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, died on 16 August after a brief illness. A Nigerian national, Ms During was head of governance at WaterAid … Continue reading →

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Ms Juanita During, the Director of Partnership, Advocacy and Communications at Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, died on 16 August after a brief illness. A Nigerian national, Ms During was head of governance at WaterAid … Continue reading →

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a second round of Reinvent the Toilet Challenge grants totaling nearly US$ 3.4 million. The announcement took place on 14 August during the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, USA. Winning grants: … Continue reading →

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a second round of Reinvent the Toilet Challenge grants totaling nearly US$ 3.4 million. The announcement took place on 14 August during the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, USA (see also … Continue reading →

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A video demonstrates the working of the prototype of the solar-powered toilet that won the first prize of US$ 100,000 in the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Solar-Powered Self-contained Human Waste Water … Continue reading →

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A video demonstrates the working of the prototype of the solar-powered toilet that won the first prize of US$ 100,000 in the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Solar-Powered Self-contained Human Waste Water … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Sanitation Marketing Community of Practice! Are you a WASH practitioner currently working on Sanitation Marketing activities? Do you find yourself struggling to find others you can talk to about the practical issues you face – like how … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Sanitation Marketing Community of Practice! Are you a WASH practitioner currently working on Sanitation Marketing activities? Do you find yourself struggling to find others you can talk to about the practical issues you face – like how … Continue reading →

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August 14, 2012 | By Bill Gates Today I attended the Reinvent the Toilet Fair— a fascinating learning experience and an important step in providing safe sanitation for everyone in the world. A year ago, the foundation launched an initiative … Continue reading →

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August 14, 2012 | By Bill Gates Today I attended the Reinvent the Toilet Fair— a fascinating learning experience and an important step in providing safe sanitation for everyone in the world. A year ago, the foundation launched an initiative … Continue reading →

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  Geneva/Stockholm, 15 August 2012 – Six journalists were named today as winners of the “WASH Media Awards” competition for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene-related (WASH) issues.   The journalists and their winning entries are:   … Continue reading →

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Geneva/Stockholm, 15 August 2012 – Six journalists were named today as winners of the “WASH Media Awards” competition for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene-related (WASH) issues. The journalists and their winning entries are: Alain Tossounon (Benin): … Continue reading →

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SWASH+ is an action-research and advocacy project focused on increasing the scale, impact and sustainability of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in Kenya. Since September 2006, SWASH+ has worked in 185 primary schools in four districts in Nyanza … Continue reading →

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SWASH+ is an action-research and advocacy project focused on increasing the scale, impact and sustainability of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in Kenya. Since September 2006, SWASH+ has worked in 185 primary schools in four districts in Nyanza … Continue reading →

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Source: Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog, Aug 13, 2012, by Elizabeth Lamond, HSP Public Health Engineer Coordinator Oxfam’s Cholera Outbreak Guidelines were developed as an internal resource, but today we are sharing them externally in order to seek input from the international … Continue reading →

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Source: Oxfam Policy and Practice Blog, Aug 13, 2012, by Elizabeth Lamond, HSP Public Health Engineer Coordinator Oxfam’s Cholera Outbreak Guidelines were developed as an internal resource, but today we are sharing them externally in order to seek input from the international … Continue reading →

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Experts and supporters of sustainable sanitation will be gathering at the end of the Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) on Friday 31 August and Saturday 1 September 2012 for the 16th Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) meeting.  The agenda of these … Continue reading →

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Experts and supporters of sustainable sanitation will be gathering at the end of the Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) on Friday 31 August and Saturday 1 September 2012 for the 16th Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) meeting.  The agenda of these … Continue reading →

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Mr Chris Williams, a development practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience in international organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas and with training in economics and sociology, will take up office as the next Executive Director of the Water … Continue reading →

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Mr Chris Williams, a development practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience in international organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas and with training in economics and sociology, will take up office as the next Executive Director of the Water … Continue reading →

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Mr Chris Williams, a development practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience in international organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas and with training in economics and sociology, will take up office as the next Executive Director of the Water … Continue reading →

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Policy Lessons from Implementing India’s Total Sanitation Campaign, 2012. Full text, pdf Dean Spears, Princeton University Ending widespread open defecation and pursuing feasible methods of safe excreta disposal must be top policy priorities for India. This paper draws policy lessons … Continue reading →

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Policy Lessons from Implementing India’s Total Sanitation Campaign, 2012. Full text, pdf Dean Spears, Princeton University Ending widespread open defecation and pursuing feasible methods of safe excreta disposal must be top policy priorities for India. This paper draws policy lessons … Continue reading →

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On August 14, Bill Gates will present the “Re-invent the Toilet Challenge“ awards. Last year, the Gates Foundation issued this challenge to create a toilet without piped-in water, a sewer connection, or outside electricity—all for less than 5 cents per user a day.  … Continue reading →

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On August 14, Bill Gates will present the “Re-invent the Toilet Challenge“ awards. Last year, the Gates Foundation issued this challenge to create a toilet without piped-in water, a sewer connection, or outside electricity—all for less than 5 cents per user a day.  … Continue reading →

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Donor-funded water and sanitation improvement programmes tend to focus on and operate within the formal frameworks put in place by municipal or national governments. These frameworks broadly comprise the rules, laws and official policies that govern water and sanitation services … Continue reading →

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Donor-funded water and sanitation improvement programmes tend to focus on and operate within the formal frameworks put in place by municipal or national governments. These frameworks broadly comprise the rules, laws and official policies that govern water and sanitation services … Continue reading →

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9(8), 2772-2787 Water and Sanitation in Schools: A Systematic Review of the Health and Educational Outcomes Full-text Christian Jasper1 , Thanh-Tam Le2 and Jamie Bartram1, 1 The Water Institute, Gillings School of Global … Continue reading →

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9(8), 2772-2787 Water and Sanitation in Schools: A Systematic Review of the Health and Educational Outcomes Full-text Christian Jasper1 , Thanh-Tam Le2 and Jamie Bartram1, 1 The Water Institute, Gillings School of Global … Continue reading →

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Issue 65 August 3, 2012 | Focus on Menstrual Hygiene Management This issue updates the October 28, 2011, weekly on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) with 2012 resources and information. These include a WEDC MHM fact sheet, an update on PATH MHM … Continue reading →

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Issue 65 August 3, 2012 | Focus on Menstrual Hygiene Management This issue updates the October 28, 2011, weekly on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) with 2012 resources and information. These include a WEDC MHM fact sheet, an update on PATH MHM … Continue reading →

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Historically, water and sanitation service providers in low-income countries have struggled to accommodate rapid urban expansion, and particularly to serve the poor in peri-urban areas. One way to approach these challenges is to develop alternative approaches to service delivery, incorporating … Continue reading →

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Historically, water and sanitation service providers in low-income countries have struggled to accommodate rapid urban expansion, and particularly to serve the poor in peri-urban areas. One way to approach these challenges is to develop alternative approaches to service delivery, incorporating … Continue reading →

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Treatment Wetlands – Sustainable Sanitation Practice, July 2012  (Full text, pdf) Natural wetlands have been used for wastewater treatment for centuries. In many cases, however, the reasoning behind this use was disposal, rather than treatment and the wetland simply served as … Continue reading →

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Treatment Wetlands – Sustainable Sanitation Practice, July 2012  (Full text, pdf) Natural wetlands have been used for wastewater treatment for centuries. In many cases, however, the reasoning behind this use was disposal, rather than treatment and the wetland simply served as … Continue reading →

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Small-scale finance for water and sanitation, 2012. SHARE. Full-text, pdf This report identifies ways in which governments and External Support Agencies can increase access to finance for small-scale WATSAN providers, by channelling public funding to support the market and leverage … Continue reading →

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Small-scale finance for water and sanitation, 2012. SHARE. Full-text, pdf This report identifies ways in which governments and External Support Agencies can increase access to finance for small-scale WATSAN providers, by channelling public funding to support the market and leverage … Continue reading →

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Journalist Pacôme Tomètissi wants to revisit the fishing communities of Lake Nokoué in Benin to examine the sustainability of a 5 million euro EU-funded water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project. You can support his endeavour via the crowdfunding new website … Continue reading →

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Journalist Pacôme Tomètissi wants to revisit the fishing communities of Lake Nokoué in Benin to examine the sustainability of a 5 million euro EU-funded water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project. You can support his endeavour via the crowdfunding new website … Continue reading →

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The Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), UK, is exploring the possibility of supporting a student to carry out PhD research related to Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). In some exceptional cases, funding for international students may be considered under the … Continue reading →

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The Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), UK, is exploring the possibility of supporting a student to carry out PhD research related to Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). In some exceptional cases, funding for international students may be considered under the … Continue reading →

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Issue 63 July 20, 2012 | Focus on HIV/AIDS and WASH This issue contains resources on 2012 HIV/AIDS and WASH events, reports and country studies and updates the July 2011 WASHplus Weekly issue. Resources in this issue include links to … Continue reading →

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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is happy to announce two research calls in the field of sanitation: Low-cost sanitation technologies for areas with high groundwater tables Faecal sludge secondary treatment options These calls are part of the BRAC WASH … Continue reading →

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New Delhi promised to build hundreds of public toilets for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Only 9 were built, and none of them are functioning. This short report from Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman highlights the fact that over 50 per cent … Continue reading →

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What Does It Take to Scale Up Rural Sanitation? 2012. Water and Sanitation Program. Full-text (pdf) A new WSP working paper, What Does It Take to Scale Up Rural Sanitation? shares lessons and best practices that were identified to: • … Continue reading →

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Invitation – POOP AND PEOPLE/TAPS AND TOILETS: COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO MEETING THE MOST BASIC WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY HIV International AIDS Conference (You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend the … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Africa, Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia Tagged: handwashing, Togo, unicef

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After sitting on the toilet for 50 hours, Australian social entrepreneur Simon Griffiths raised AU$ 50,000 {US$ 51,000) through crowdfunding for a new line of philanthropic toilet paper. Griffiths plans to donate 50% of the profits from the sale of … Continue reading →

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After sitting on the toilet for 50 hours, Australian social entrepreneur Simon Griffiths raised AU$ 50,000 {US$ 51,000) through crowdfunding for a new line of philanthropic toilet paper. Griffiths plans to donate 50% of the profits from the sale of … Continue reading →

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Low Cost Handmade Sanitary Pads! From Design to Production A Step Forward in Menstrual Hygiene Promotion in Pakistan, 2012. Download full-text (pdf) By Hina Israr & Syed Shah Nasir, IRSP-Pakistan ABSTRACT: “In order to manage the basic phenomena of menstruation, sanitary materials … Continue reading →

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Low Cost Handmade Sanitary Pads! From Design to Production A Step Forward in Menstrual Hygiene Promotion in Pakistan, 2012. Download full-text (pdf) By Hina Israr & Syed Shah Nasir, IRSP-Pakistan ABSTRACT: “In order to manage the basic phenomena of menstruation, sanitary materials … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), on behalf of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) intends to pre-qualify suppliers and/or firms for the role of the GSF Executing Agency (EA) in Burkina Faso. The EA will … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), on behalf of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) intends to pre-qualify suppliers and/or firms for the role of the GSF Executing Agency (EA) in Burkina Faso. The EA will … Continue reading →

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WEDC has produced a usual fact sheet on the problems experienced by menstruating schoolgirls in low-income countries. Although its focus is predominantly sub-Saharan Africa, many of the issues raised are relevant to girls in most low-income countries, although there may … Continue reading →

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WEDC has produced a usual fact sheet on the problems experienced by menstruating schoolgirls in low-income countries. Although its focus is predominantly sub-Saharan Africa, many of the issues raised are relevant to girls in most low-income countries, although there may … Continue reading →

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The third bi-annual Asia Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners’ workshop, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 31 January to 2 February 2012, reported notable progress in implementing menstrual hygiene into WASH programmes. In 2008, menstrual hygiene management was signalled as a neglected area in … Continue reading →

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The third bi-annual Asia Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners’ workshop, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 31 January to 2 February 2012, reported notable progress in implementing menstrual hygiene into WASH programmes. In 2008, menstrual hygiene management was signalled as a neglected area in … Continue reading →

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A new paper reviews the case for the importance of hand, food and menstrual hygiene as candidates for post-MDG goal and target setting. Of the three themes, handwashing with soap at key times is the one which has been the subject … Continue reading →

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A new paper reviews the case for the importance of hand, food and menstrual hygiene as candidates for post-MDG goal and target setting. Of the three themes, handwashing with soap at key times is the one which has been the subject … Continue reading →

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The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. This is 29 per cent less than in 2011-2012. Just two months earlier at the SWA … Continue reading →

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The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. This is 29 per cent less than in 2011-2012. Just two months earlier at the SWA … Continue reading →

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How Mobile Games Can Help Improve Sanitation More than 2.5 billion people, many of them in Africa and South Asia, face grave sanitation challenges. In many of these countries, people are more likely to own a cell phone than a … Continue reading →

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How Mobile Games Can Help Improve Sanitation More than 2.5 billion people, many of them in Africa and South Asia, face grave sanitation challenges. In many of these countries, people are more likely to own a cell phone than a … Continue reading →

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The dumping of untreated faecal sludge in urban areas has been described as an ecological time bomb. In African cities, typically less than 15 percent of residents are served by centralised sewage systems, and figures for Asian countries are not … Continue reading →

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The dumping of untreated faecal sludge in urban areas has been described as an ecological time bomb. In African cities, typically less than 15 percent of residents are served by centralised sewage systems, and figures for Asian countries are not … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Singapore government have agreed to set up a global centre to help developing countries strengthen their public services. The Global Centre for Public Service Excellence will be based in Singapore by the … Continue reading →

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Singapore government have agreed to set up a global centre to help developing countries strengthen their public services. The Global Centre for Public Service Excellence will be based in Singapore by the … Continue reading →

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Source: The Independent, June 29, 2012, by Andrew Buncombe He was cast out by his fellow villagers, who believed he had gone mad, but now, Arunachalam Muruganantham is pioneering a positive change in women’s health.  When Arunachalam Muruganantham spotted his … Continue reading →

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Source: The Independent, June 29, 2012, by Andrew Buncombe He was cast out by his fellow villagers, who believed he had gone mad, but now, Arunachalam Muruganantham is pioneering a positive change in women’s health.  When Arunachalam Muruganantham spotted his … Continue reading →

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In a statement issued on 27 June 2012, the UK Government officially recognises sanitation as a human right under international law. However, in their interpretation of this right, the government excludes “the collection and transport of human waste”. It also … Continue reading →

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In a statement issued on 27 June 2012, the UK Government officially recognises sanitation as a human right under international law. However, in their interpretation of this right, the government excludes “the collection and transport of human waste”. It also … Continue reading →

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The poor villagers of Kaniche in Malawi can’t afford to buy fertilizer. That’s why villager elder, Chair of the Village Development Committee, local headman and community mason Mr. Khombe has built 30 ecosan latrines for his neighbours. Mr. Khombe features in WaterAid’s … Continue reading →

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The poor villagers of Kaniche in Malawi can’t afford to buy fertilizer. That’s why villager elder, Chair of the Village Development Committee, local headman and community mason Mr. Khombe has built 30 ecosan latrines for his neighbours. Mr. Khombe features in WaterAid’s … Continue reading →

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Pneumonia and diarrhoea: Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children, 2012. Full-text (pdf) UNICEF This report makes a remarkable and compelling argument for tackling two of the leading killers of children under age 5: pneumonia and diarrhoea. By … Continue reading →

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Pneumonia and diarrhoea: Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children, 2012. Full-text (pdf) UNICEF This report makes a remarkable and compelling argument for tackling two of the leading killers of children under age 5: pneumonia and diarrhoea. By … Continue reading →

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Assessment of the performance of a novel, on-site, worm based sanitation system for peri-urbanvenvironments, 2012. (Full-text) pdf F. F. Kassam This study evaluates how effective a worm based sanitation system is in reducing the rate at which solid waste accumulates and … Continue reading →

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Assessment of the performance of a novel, on-site, worm based sanitation system for peri-urbanvenvironments, 2012. (Full-text) pdf F. F. Kassam This study evaluates how effective a worm based sanitation system is in reducing the rate at which solid waste accumulates and … Continue reading →

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Developing an Affordable Sanitary PadPATH’s solution is to develop and advance low-cost menstrual management options for girls and women in low-resource settings. Our finding from focus group discussions and literature reviews indicate that girls and women are interested in disposable products that offer better absorbency and have a cheaper price tag than available options. There are also reusable options (cloth pads and menstrual cups) that can last for several years. These approaches require a higher up-front cost, access to clean water and soap, and thorough drying—resources that are not always available in poor communities. We are  currently exploring a hybrid concept (i.e., a combination of a reusable, fluidresistant sleeve with a disposable, absorbent core) to address the growing challenge of disposing of plastic-lined pads and to reduce the cost. This hybrid option could also offer girls and women the flexibility of using a variety of absorbent materials that are available to them.Link - http://www.path.org/publications/files/TS_update_san_pad.pdf Continue reading →

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Developing an Affordable Sanitary PadPATH’s solution is to develop and advance low-cost menstrual management options for girls and women in low-resource settings. Our finding from focus group discussions and literature reviews indicate that girls and women are interested in disposable products that offer better absorbency and have a cheaper price tag than available options. There are also reusable options (cloth pads and menstrual cups) that can last for several years. These approaches require a higher up-front cost, access to clean water and soap, and thorough drying—resources that are not always available in poor communities. We are  currently exploring a hybrid concept (i.e., a combination of a reusable, fluidresistant sleeve with a disposable, absorbent core) to address the growing challenge of disposing of plastic-lined pads and to reduce the cost. This hybrid option could also offer girls and women the flexibility of using a variety of absorbent materials that are available to them.Link - http://www.path.org/publications/files/TS_update_san_pad.pdf Continue reading →

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British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks … Continue reading →

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British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks … Continue reading →

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Below are links to WASHplus Weeklies on sanitation-related topics: 06/01/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Focus on WASH-Related Diseases 05/11/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Update on Sludge Management 04/20/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Small-Scale WASH Service Providers 04/13/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Hygiene … Continue reading →

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Below are links to WASHplus Weeklies on sanitation-related topics: 06/01/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Focus on WASH-Related Diseases 05/11/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Update on Sludge Management 04/20/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Small-Scale WASH Service Providers 04/13/2012 - A WASHplus Weekly: Hygiene … Continue reading →

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We need a slogan to help kick off the Sanitation Drive to 2015 – a short and snappy catchphrase which will capture the campaign concept and spark curiosity and imagination. Share your creativity and help come up with a fantastic … Continue reading →

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We need a slogan to help kick off the Sanitation Drive to 2015 – a short and snappy catchphrase which will capture the campaign concept and spark curiosity and imagination. Share your creativity and help come up with a fantastic … Continue reading →

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Issue 58 June 1, 2012 | Focus on WASH-Related Diseases The World Health Organization lists more than 20 diseases that are related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions. This issue focuses on three of those: cholera, diarrhea, and typhoid … Continue reading →

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Issue 58 June 1, 2012 | Focus on WASH-Related Diseases The World Health Organization lists more than 20 diseases that are related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions. This issue focuses on three of those: cholera, diarrhea, and typhoid … Continue reading →

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The Ministry of Rural Development has invited the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to partner with it in finding solutions to the sanitation problems in India, where 50 per cent of the country’s 1.1 billion people still practice open defecation. … Continue reading →

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The Ministry of Rural Development has invited the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to partner with it in finding solutions to the sanitation problems in India, where 50 per cent of the country’s 1.1 billion people still practice open defecation. … Continue reading →

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Sanitation Matters: Health & Hygiene – Focus on Handwashing, April 2012 issue (Full-text) pdf Water Information Network, South Africa. Contents: A Tool For Measuring The Effectiveness Of Handwashing 3-7 Five Best Practices Of Hygiene Promotion Interventions In the WASH Sector … Continue reading →

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Sanitation Matters: Health and Hygiene – Focus on Handwashing, April 2012 issue (Full-text) pdf Water Information Network, South Africa. Contents:  A Tool For Measuring The Effectiveness Of Handwashing 3-7 Five Best Practices Of Hygiene Promotion Interventions In the WASH Sector … Continue reading →

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Issue 57 May 25, 2012 | Focus on the Integration of WASH and the Prevention of Indoor Air Pollution This issue updates the April 22, 2011, weekly with more recent news and studies. A recent Lancet article stated that an integrated multisector approach can lead … Continue reading →

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Issue 57 May 25, 2012 | Focus on the Integration of WASH and the Prevention of Indoor Air Pollution This issue updates the April 22, 2011, weekly with more recent news and studies. A recent Lancet article stated that an integrated multisector approach can lead … Continue reading →

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Water and sanitation services, as we all know, remain grossly deficient in slum districts of cities throughout the less-developed world. Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) has produced a series of short videos relevant for everybody working to improve … Continue reading →

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Water and sanitation services, as we all know, remain grossly deficient in slum districts of cities throughout the less-developed world. Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) has produced a series of short videos relevant for everybody working to improve … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Africa, Economic Benefits, Sanitary Facilities Tagged: entrepreneurs, Mozambique, pit latrine emptying

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The surprisingly innovative portable-loo business PORTABLE toilets have come a long way since Britain first imported them from America 25 years ago. The beech panelling, wraparound mirrors, plasma-screen televisions and sumptuous toiletries of some modern trailers would not be out … Continue reading →

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The surprisingly innovative portable-loo business PORTABLE toilets have come a long way since Britain first imported them from America 25 years ago. The beech panelling, wraparound mirrors, plasma-screen televisions and sumptuous toiletries of some modern trailers would not be out … Continue reading →

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Source: David Conrad – Pulitzer Center Blog – May 14, 2012 Weighted with two heavy sacks of discarded milk bags and meat bones slung across her back, a plastic bag of rotted cabbage in her hand, Rahab Ruguru walks through … Continue reading →

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Source: David Conrad – Pulitzer Center Blog – May 14, 2012 Weighted with two heavy sacks of discarded milk bags and meat bones slung across her back, a plastic bag of rotted cabbage in her hand, Rahab Ruguru walks through … Continue reading →

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This website collects information on urban waste management with an emphasis on low and middle income Countries. There are links to relevant sites, tools, events, news and organisations. Information can be accessed by different waste management processes and topics, waste … Continue reading →

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This website collects information on urban waste management with an emphasis on low and middle income Countries. There are links to relevant sites, tools, events, news and organisations. Information can be accessed by different waste management processes and topics, waste … Continue reading →

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Source – Henna Rakheja, May 16, 2012 – Deccan Herald Reading your morning paper? Done with nature’s call? Now explore a place which in all likelihood will pull your eyes out and have your fingers itching to reach for your … Continue reading →

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Source – Henna Rakheja, May 16, 2012 – Deccan Herald Reading your morning paper? Done with nature’s call? Now explore a place which in all likelihood will pull your eyes out and have your fingers itching to reach for your … Continue reading →

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Waste is a resource in the wrong place. People who have no sewer connection do go to the toilet though urban authorities seem to think differently given the neglect of the multitude of sanitation self-service models that have emerged in … Continue reading →

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Waste is a resource in the wrong place. People who have no sewer connection do go to the toilet though urban authorities seem to think differently given the neglect of the multitude of sanitation self-service models that have emerged in … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) and UNICEF are organising Haiti’s first ever National Sustainable Sanitation Conference. It will be held in Port-au-Prince on 12-13 June 2012. The conference aims to share information about innovative waste treatment technologies such as composting … Continue reading →

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SuSanA is co-convening Session 7 entitled “Sustainable sanitation and the role of hygiene in the value chain” of Sub-theme 1 (“Water and Sanitation for Development”) and is convening two side events: “Inspired by SuSanA: Development partners strengthen their focus on … Continue reading →

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When you gotta go, you gotta go. And answering nature’s call – any time, anywhere – is certainly what the builders of these remote outhouses seem to have had in mind. Often situated in incredibly scenic locations, some of these … Continue reading →

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Vidya Balan, who received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 2011 Bollywood hit ‘The Dirty Picture’, will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture in India. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh … Continue reading →

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Indian NGO Gramalaya is organising a National level Workshop on Appropriate Toilet Technology from 9-11 May 2012 in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, with the support of Arghyam, Bangalore and UNICEF, Chennai. In this participatory workshop, field workers will be joined by … Continue reading →

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Compilation of 13 factsheets on key sustainable sanitation topics, 2012. Link to download publication This factsheet book is a compilation of 13 thematic factsheets which were produced by the eleven SuSanA working groups. What makes these factsheets special is that … Continue reading →

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Marking the 10th anniversary of the formation of the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW), the 4th Africa Water Week will celebrate AMCOW’s achievements and reflect on opportunities for achieving water security and adequate sanitation in Africa. Over 1,000 participants … Continue reading →

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Posted by Lauren Ward in Explorers Journal on May 2, 2012. Three National Geographic Emerging Explorers have teamed up for a one-of-a-kind project in Africa.  Sasha Kramer of SOIL will integrate her group’s work transforming human waste into a valuable agricultural resource and Dino Martins’ natural … Continue reading →

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A Challenge Paper on Water and Sanitation – 2012 Full-text (pdf) by Frank Rijsberman and Alix Zwane and released by the Copenhagen Consensus Center. The world has met the Millennium Development Goal on the provision of clean drinking water five … Continue reading →

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In the 1940s, the Walt Disney Studios produced a series of educational films on sanitation and hygiene promotion for developing countries. The films, in the Health for the Americas series, were aimed at Latin America. They were commissioned by the … Continue reading →

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A Dutch royal record for toilet bowl throwing was set today during the Queen’s Day celebrations in Rhenen. HRH Willem-Alexander threw an orange toilet bowl further than his fellow princes to clinch the royal title. Willem-Alexander attributed his success to … Continue reading →

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The Application of Ecological Sanitation for Excreta Disposal in Disaster Relief: Experience, Selection and Design; 2012. Full-text (pdf) Katherine Kinsted. Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection. When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent … Continue reading →

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April 20, 2012 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah announced that the U.S. Agency for International Development has joined the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partnership. The SWA Partnership brings together governments, donors, civil society organizations, … Continue reading →

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Issue 52 April 20 | Focus on Small-Scale WASH Service Providers This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains resources on small-scale providers of WASH services. It is only in recent years that partnerships with small operators have begun to receive serious attention … Continue reading →

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Issue 52 April 20 | Focus on Small-Scale WASH Service Providers This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains resources on small-scale providers of WASH services. It is only in recent years that partnerships with small operators have begun to receive serious attention … Continue reading →

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Some 60 ministers responsible for finance, sanitation and hygiene portfolios from over 30 developing countries will participate in the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting on 20 April at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Their aim … Continue reading →

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Some 60 ministers responsible for finance, sanitation and hygiene portfolios from over 30 developing countries will participate in the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting on 20 April at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Their aim … Continue reading →

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Factors determining the effectiveness of Oxfam’s public health promotion approach in Haiti, 2012. Download Full-text (pdf) Nadja Contzen, Hans-Joachim Mosler. Eawag. In response to the devastating Earthquake of January 12th 2010 and the cholera outbreak of October of that same … Continue reading →

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Factors determining the effectiveness of Oxfam’s public health promotion approach in Haiti, 2012. Download Full-text (pdf) Nadja Contzen, Hans-Joachim Mosler. Eawag. In response to the devastating Earthquake of January 12th 2010 and the cholera outbreak of October of that same … Continue reading →

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OXFAM – Hygiene promotion: determining what works, 2012. Humanitarian field studies | Cholera response in Haiti Download Full-text (pdf) When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, followed by a cholera epidemic that broke out in October of that … Continue reading →

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OXFAM – Hygiene promotion: determining what works, 2012. Humanitarian field studies | Cholera response in Haiti Download Full-text (pdf) When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, followed by a cholera epidemic that broke out in October of that … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. WSSCC, together with the Programme Coordinating … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. WSSCC, together with the Programme Coordinating … Continue reading →

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GOOD PRACTICES IN COMMUNITY-LED TOTAL SANITATION: Plan’s experience in Uganda 2007 – 2010. May 2011.  Full-text  Where it has been introduced, CLTS has been integrated with other development initiatives. Besides ending open defecation, the focus is on a more comprehensive … Continue reading →

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GOOD PRACTICES IN COMMUNITY-LED TOTAL SANITATION: Plan’s experience in Uganda 2007 – 2010. May 2011.  Full-text  Where it has been introduced, CLTS has been integrated with other development initiatives. Besides ending open defecation, the focus is on a more comprehensive … Continue reading →

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This new film shows how composting toilets are helping to address the serious water issues facing Tuvalu. The tiny Pacific island nation of just 11,000 inhabitants, recently experienced a devastating drought. Existing septic tank systems are polluting the groundwater and … Continue reading →

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This new film shows how composting toilets are helping to address the serious water issues facing Tuvalu. The tiny Pacific island nation of just 10,500 inhabitants, recently experienced a devastating drought. Existing septic tank systems are polluting the groundwater and … Continue reading →

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Issue 50 April 6, 2012 | Focus on the Informal Sector and Solid Waste Management The informal waste sector provides a much needed service in the developing world; the work of this sector reduces waste in communities, increases the reclamation … Continue reading →

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Issue 50 April 6, 2012 | Focus on the Informal Sector and Solid Waste Management The informal waste sector provides a much needed service in the developing world; the work of this sector reduces waste in communities, increases the reclamation … Continue reading →

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A new results report from WSSCC about its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) shows that the first 100,000 people of a planned 12 million in seven countries have gained access to safe sanitation because of GSF-funded work.  In addition, a “Toolkit … Continue reading →

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A new results report from WSSCC about its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) shows that the first 100,000 people of a planned 12 million in seven countries have gained access to safe sanitation because of GSF-funded work.  In addition, a “Toolkit … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Council (WSSCC) is currently recruiting for the position of Executive Director. Based in its Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, WSSCC seeks a visionary, highly motivated, and respected individual to lead its organization. This is a unique … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Council (WSSCC) is currently recruiting for the position of Executive Director. Based in its Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, WSSCC seeks a visionary, highly motivated, and respected individual to lead its organization. This is a unique … Continue reading →

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U.S. Department of State and Partners Solicit Creative Waste Management Solutions - April 3, 2012 The U.S. Department of State and partners from the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Forum announce a challenge to identify ten game-changing innovations with the potential to transform … Continue reading →

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U.S. Department of State and Partners Solicit Creative Waste Management Solutions - April 3, 2012 The U.S. Department of State and partners from the LAUNCH: Beyond Waste Forum announce a challenge to identify ten game-changing innovations with the potential to transform … Continue reading →

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Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) will soon launch a new initiative to help off-track countries meet their WASH goals. The National Planning for Results Initiative (NPRI) aims to pool donor support to develop in-country planning capacity. SWA announced the … Continue reading →

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Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) will soon launch a new initiative to help off-track countries meet their WASH goals. The National Planning for Results Initiative (NPRI) aims to pool donor support to develop in-country planning capacity. SWA announced the … Continue reading →

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This is the fourth of the International Water Association’s (IWA) Conference on DEWATS in Asia series. Co-organised with the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), the Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD), the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute of … Continue reading →

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This is the fourth of the International Water Association’s (IWA) Conference on DEWATS in Asia series. Co-organised with the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), the Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD), the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute of … Continue reading →

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The Water Research Commission (WRC) was established in terms of the Water Research Act (Act No 34 of 1971), following a period of serious water shortage. It was deemed to be of national importance to generate new knowledge and to promote … Continue reading →

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The Water Research Commission (WRC) was established in terms of the Water Research Act (Act No 34 of 1971), following a period of serious water shortage. It was deemed to be of national importance to generate new knowledge and to promote … Continue reading →

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2nd International Faecal Sludge Management Conference 2012, International Conference Centre, Durban, South Africa, 29 – 31 October 2012 The Third African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda from 19-21 July 2011 indicated that the scale of the challenge … Continue reading →

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2nd International Faecal Sludge Management Conference 2012, International Conference Centre, Durban, South Africa, 29 – 31 October 2012 The Third African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda from 19-21 July 2011 indicated that the scale of the challenge … Continue reading →

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Alana Potter, lead author of the WASHCost working paper on “Assessing hygiene cost-effectiveness“, explains the importance of changing hygiene behaviours so that improved water and sanitation can lead to the expected health benefits. She has been reviewing indicators, tools and … Continue reading →

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Alana Potter, lead author of the WASHCost working paper on “Assessing hygiene cost-effectiveness“, explains the importance of changing hygiene behaviours so that improved water and sanitation can lead to the expected health benefits. She has been reviewing indicators, tools and … Continue reading →

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Impact evaluation of drinking water supply and sanitation programmes in rural Benin: The risk of vanishing effects, 2011. Full-text (pdf) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB), the Netherlands in cooperation with BMZ (German Federal Ministry for … Continue reading →

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Impact evaluation of drinking water supply and sanitation programmes in rural Benin: The risk of vanishing effects, 2011. Full-text (pdf) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB), the Netherlands in cooperation with BMZ (German Federal Ministry for … Continue reading →

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South Africa will host the 12th annual World Toilet Summit in Durban from 3-6 December 2012. The South African Toilet Organization (SATO) is co-organsing this annual World Toilet Organization (WTO} event. The main theme of the Summit is African Sanitation: Scaling … Continue reading →

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South Africa will host the 12th annual World Toilet Summit in Durban from 3-6 December 2012. The South African Toilet Organization (SATO) is co-organsing this annual World Toilet Organization (WTO) event. The main theme of the Summit is African Sanitation: Scaling … Continue reading →

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A young woman who sparked a “sanitation revolution” in her village by forcing her husband to build a toilet in their home has been presented with a cheque for 500,000 Rupees (US$ 10,000). Anita Narre of Chichouli village of Betul … Continue reading →

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A young woman who sparked a “sanitation revolution” in her village by forcing her husband to build a toilet in their home has been presented with a cheque for 500,000 Rupees (US$ 10,000). Anita Narre of Chichouli village of Betul … Continue reading →

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Less than two years after joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, “Toilet Team” director Frank Rijsberman is taking on a new position as CEO of the CGIAR Consortium. The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) coordinates the work … Continue reading →

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Less than two years after joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, “Toilet Team” director Frank Rijsberman is taking on a new position as CEO of the CGIAR Consortium. The Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) coordinates the work … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Multimedia Tagged: George Washington Global Environmental Health Program, Jay Graham

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How important is sanitation during a humanitarian crisis? Why is it important to explore ecological and sustainable sanitation? Groupe URD looks at the case of Eastern Chad, an example of a major long-term crisis. From an acute emergency in 2003, … Continue reading →

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How important is sanitation during a humanitarian crisis? Why is it important to explore ecological and sustainable sanitation? Groupe URD looks at the case of Eastern Chad, an example of a major long-term crisis. From an acute emergency in 2003, … Continue reading →

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Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have lavatories while 49.8% defecate in the open. … Continue reading →

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Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have lavatories while 49.8% defecate in the open. … Continue reading →

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Estimating inequities in sanitation-related disease burden and estimating the potential impacts of propoor targeting, 2012. Full-text (pdf) Richard Rheingans, et al. SHARE. The objectives of this study are to model for 10 low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: … Continue reading →

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Estimating inequities in sanitation-related disease burden and estimating the potential impacts of propoor targeting, 2012. Full-text (pdf) Richard Rheingans, et al. SHARE. The objectives of this study are to model for 10 low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: … Continue reading →

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School menstrual hygiene management in Malawi: more than toilets, 2012. Full-text (pdf) SHARE; WaterAid This study identifies the needs and experiences of girls regarding menstruation. It draws upon participatory group workshops, a questionnaire and semi structured interviews with school-age girls … Continue reading →

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School menstrual hygiene management in Malawi: more than toilets, 2012. Full-text (pdf) SHARE; WaterAid This study identifies the needs and experiences of girls regarding menstruation. It draws upon participatory group workshops, a questionnaire and semi structured interviews with school-age girls … Continue reading →

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IDS Bulletin, Feb 21, 2012 Why not Basics for All? Scopes and Challenges of Community-led Total Sanitation Full-text (pdf) Kamal Kar The ‘Some for All’ dictum may work well for the water sector but is not appropriate and workable for … Continue reading →

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IDS Bulletin, Feb 21, 2012 Why not Basics for All? Scopes and Challenges of Community-led Total Sanitation Full-text (pdf) Kamal Kar The ‘Some for All’ dictum may work well for the water sector but is not appropriate and workable for … Continue reading →

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“It’s time to get our sh*t together and focus on sanitation”, is the message that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is bringing to the World Water Forum  Marseilles. The lack of progress on sanitation, which was reconfirmed by the 2012 … Continue reading →

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“It’s time to get our sh*t together and focus on sanitation”, is the message that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is bringing to the World Water Forum  Marseilles. The lack of progress on sanitation, which was reconfirmed by the 2012 … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Health in Africa, March 2012 Factors leading to poor water sanitation hygiene among primary school going children in Chitungwiza Full-text Blessing Dube, James January Although the world has progressed in the area of water and sanitation, more … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Health in Africa, March 2012 Factors leading to poor water sanitation hygiene among primary school going children in Chitungwiza Full-text Blessing Dube, James January Although the world has progressed in the area of water and sanitation, more … Continue reading →

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Haiti should focus on stemming the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 people since 2010, rather than on levying blame against the source of the disease, UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, said. While studies have suggested … Continue reading →

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Haiti should focus on stemming the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 people since 2010, rather than on levying blame against the source of the disease, UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, said. While studies have suggested … Continue reading →

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Girls under ten being have been raped while on their way to use a public toilet, say women living in Delhi’s slums. In one slum, boys hid in toilet cubicles at night waiting to rape those who entered. These are … Continue reading →

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Girls under ten being have been raped while on their way to use a public toilet, say women living in Delhi’s slums. In one slum, boys hid in toilet cubicles at night waiting to rape those who entered. These are … Continue reading →

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The UN announced that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to cut the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water by half, has been met five years before the 2015 deadline. In contrast, the sanitation … Continue reading →

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The UN announced that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to cut the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water by half, has been met five years before the 2015 deadline. In contrast, the sanitation … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2012 – Dear Congress: Support Rural Women | Source – Lisa Schechtman – Global Policy TV - Lisa Schechtman is the head of policy and advocacy at WaterAid in America, the U.S. member of WaterAid International, the world’s largest … Continue reading →

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March 8, 2012 – Dear Congress: Support Rural Women | Source – Lisa Schechtman – Global Policy TV - Lisa Schechtman is the head of policy and advocacy at WaterAid in America, the U.S. member of WaterAid International, the world’s largest … Continue reading →

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Issue 46 March 8, 2012 | Gender Considerations for WASH and IAP Thursday, March 8th is International Women’s Day. This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains recent resources that discuss gender issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene and the … Continue reading →

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Issue 46 March 8, 2012 | Gender Considerations for WASH and IAP Thursday, March 8th is International Women’s Day. This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains recent resources that discuss gender issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene and the … Continue reading →

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Reblogged from WASH Vacancies: IRC is currently seeking high profile candidates for the vacancy of Senior Programme Officer, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist Asia, who will be part of the (South) Asia team and will, in multi-disciplinary teams, develop and facilitate … Continue reading →

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Reblogged from WASH Vacancies: IRC is currently seeking high profile candidates for the vacancy of Senior Programme Officer, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist Asia, who will be part of the (South) Asia team and will, in multi-disciplinary teams, develop and facilitate … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day 2012 – Menstrual hygiene: breaking the silence Source: Belen Toronde | March 1, 2012 Belen Torondel is a microbiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is conducting a systematic review of evidence regarding menstrual … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day 2012 – Menstrual hygiene: breaking the silence Source: Belen Toronde | March 1, 2012 Belen Torondel is a microbiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is conducting a systematic review of evidence regarding menstrual … Continue reading →

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New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt Source: Daily News Egypt – February 24, 2012 CAIRO: Egypt has made good progress towards increasing access to sanitation in urban areas but access to waste water treatment in rural … Continue reading →

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New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt Source: Daily News Egypt – February 24, 2012 CAIRO: Egypt has made good progress towards increasing access to sanitation in urban areas but access to waste water treatment in rural … Continue reading →

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While women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, gaps remain in many areas, including water and sanitation. For example, a recent study in 44 developing countries found that women carry water more often than men by a ration of … Continue reading →

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While women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, gaps remain in many areas, including water and sanitation. For example, a recent study in 44 developing countries found that women carry water more often than men by a ration of … Continue reading →

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Wasting Away: Can a Gates Foundation-Funded Toilet-Design Initiative End a Foul Practice in the Developing World? A low-tech plumbing challenge searches for the “iPad of commodes” By Jim Nash | Scientific American, Feb 21, 2012 Chances are that if you … Continue reading →

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Marketing Human Excreta: A Study of Possible Ways to Dispose of Urine and Faeces from Slum Settlements in Kampala, Uganda, 2011. E Schroeder, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). (Full-text) Some key findings include: High sociocultural barriers associated with handling and … Continue reading →

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A new Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Learning Note found that beliefs and ease of access to soap and water were correlated with handwashing with soap behaviors for given proxy measures among mothers and caretakers in Peru and Senegal.  “Behavioral … Continue reading →

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Financing water and sanitation improvements for the very poor remains a major challenge over large areas of the globe. In the lead-up to World Water Forum 2012, sector specialists throughout the world have been asked to report specific solutions for … Continue reading →

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Issue 43 February 17, 2012 | A Focus on Ecological Sanitation This WASHplus Weekly contains recent studies, guidelines, and videos on ecological sanitation. Ecological sanitation, or Ecosan, is not a specific technology but an approach to sanitation that regards sanitized … Continue reading →

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BRAC has an extensive WASH progamme which aims to bring sustainable water and sanitation services to over 37 million people in Bangladesh. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has been supporting BRAC’s WASH programmes with technical assistance since 2007. … Continue reading →

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Environmental Health 2012, 11:4 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-11-4 Published: 27 January 2012 An ecological quantification of the relationships between water, sanitation and infant, child, and maternal mortality Full-text June J Cheng, Corinne J Schuster-Wallace, Susan Watt, Bruce K Newbold and Andrew Mente Background Water and sanitation access are … Continue reading →

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The Local Development Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is conducting the next session of its e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation from 19 March to 25 May 2012. The e-course aims to enhance the … Continue reading →

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The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 8 February 2012 The effect of cord cleansing with chlorhexidine on neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a community-based, cluster-randomised trial Full-text Shams El Arifeen DrPH, et al. Background – Up to half of neonatal deaths … Continue reading →

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by Anupam Tyagi, Economic Times - Feb 9, 2012 More people die from inadequate sanitation-related causes in India everyday than 10 aeroplanes filled with 200 people each. This has high economic costs. Therefore, achieving adequate sanitation is an imperative. A summary of the … Continue reading →

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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is looking for candidates for the position of Programme Officer Sanitation and Hygiene. The Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist will be part of the Africa team and will be expected to participate in multi-disciplinary project … Continue reading →

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Growing concerns about hygiene and the spread of infectious diseases are expected to boost the market for household cleaners in emerging economies such as China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Mexico, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc … Continue reading →

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Diarrhoea kills more children than HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined – and its main cause is food and water contaminated with human waste. Liberia’s president is trying to change all that. Feb 3, 2012 – Rose George, The Guardian For … Continue reading →

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Nowadays some (older?) fans of black metal, death metal, gothic metal and the like are not averse to a bit of luxury. Since 2007, the organisers of Wacken Open Air (W:O:A), an annual heavy metal festival in Germany, offer attendees … Continue reading →

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Nowadays some (older?) fans of black metal, death metal, gothic metal and the like are not averse to a bit of luxury. Since 2007, the organisers of Wacken Open Air (W:O:A), an annual heavy metal festival in Germany, offer attendees … Continue reading →

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Which issues will sanitation and hygiene practitioners focus on in Asia? This was the question posed to the more than 50 professionals attending the 3rd Asia Regional Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners Workshop which ends today in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Based on … Continue reading →

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Which issues will sanitation and hygiene practitioners focus on in Asia? This was the question posed to the more than 50 professionals attending the 3rd Asia Regional Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners Workshop which ends today in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Based on … Continue reading →

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) celebrates this week its 5th anniversarysince its formation at the kick-off meeting in Eschborn, Germany on 29 January 2007. Looking back we can all be proud of what we have achieved together. Therefore the SuSanA secretariat … Continue reading →

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) celebrates this week its 5th anniversarysince its formation at the kick-off meeting in Eschborn, Germany on 29 January 2007. Looking back we can all be proud of what we have achieved together. Therefore the SuSanA secretariat … Continue reading →

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The high incidence of open defecation in the Indian state of Bihar is not due to a lack awareness about toilets, according to this new Water for People video. In their view, it’s more of a supply chain, marketing problem. … Continue reading →

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The high incidence of open defecation in the Indian state of Bihar is not due to a lack awareness about toilets, according to this new Water for People video. In their view, it’s more of a supply chain, marketing problem. … Continue reading →

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Jan 27, 2012 – Latrines Cut Parasite Infections in Half – Study: sanitation key in control of hookworm, ringworm A new study shows that infection with hookworm, ringworm, and similar parasites can be dramatically reduced with a sanitation program. The … Continue reading →

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Jan 27, 2012 – Latrines Cut Parasite Infections in Half – Study: sanitation key in control of hookworm, ringworm A new study shows that infection with hookworm, ringworm, and similar parasites can be dramatically reduced with a sanitation program. The … Continue reading →

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A slum resident from Mahim in Mumbai ended up killing his neighbour whom he felt had taken too long in a public toilet. Locals feel the tragic death could have been avoided if only the civic authorities had provided sufficient … Continue reading →

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A slum resident from Mahim in Mumbai ended up killing his neighbour whom he felt had taken too long in a public toilet. Locals feel the tragic death could have been avoided if only the civic authorities had provided sufficient … Continue reading →

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By Maggie Brown Posted: January 27, 2012 Diarrhea, abdominal pain, malaise, anemia, and delayed child development: these are the debilitating effects of one group of diseases, the soil-transmitted helminths (worms). As indicated by the name, these diseases are transmitted via contaminated soil; … Continue reading →

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By Maggie Brown Posted: January 27, 2012 Diarrhea, abdominal pain, malaise, anemia, and delayed child development: these are the debilitating effects of one group of diseases, the soil-transmitted helminths (worms). As indicated by the name, these diseases are transmitted via contaminated soil; … Continue reading →

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Issue 40 January 27, 2012 | Year in Review – Health Impacts of WASH and IAP Interventions from 2011 This WASHplus Weekly issue contains nine 2011 studies on the health impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions and seven … Continue reading →

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Issue 40 January 27, 2012 | Year in Review – Health Impacts of WASH and IAP Interventions from 2011 This WASHplus Weekly issue contains nine 2011 studies on the health impacts of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions and seven … Continue reading →

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Liberia‘s President signs WASH Compact The President of the Republic of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has finally signed the much talked about Liberia WASH Compact which was developed at the Multi Donor Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) held … Continue reading →

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Liberia‘s President signs WASH Compact The President of the Republic of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has finally signed the much talked about Liberia WASH Compact which was developed at the Multi Donor Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) held … Continue reading →

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The responsibility for sanitation in Asia is fragmented over different agencies, and in most cases the priority given to sanitation is low. Therefore more leadership and political will is needed to make sure that organisational structures function, that plans with … Continue reading →

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The responsibility for sanitation in Asia is fragmented over different agencies, and in most cases the priority given to sanitation is low. Therefore more leadership and political will is needed to make sure that organisational structures function, that plans with … Continue reading →

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Year in Review – 10 Key Studies on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) from 2011 This issue of the WASHplus Weekly highlights 10 CLTS reports or studies published in 2011. The reports are reviews or evaluations of CLTS projects or programs … Continue reading →

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Year in Review – 10 Key Studies on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) from 2011 This issue of the WASHplus Weekly highlights 10 CLTS reports or studies published in 2011. The reports are reviews or evaluations of CLTS projects or programs … Continue reading →

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Translating Research into National-Scale Change: A Case Study from Kenya of WASH in Schools, 2011. SWASH Project. Full-text (pdf) Over the past 5 years CARE, Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water, and Water.org, through the Bill and Melinda Gates … Continue reading →

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Translating Research into National-Scale Change: A Case Study from Kenya of WASH in Schools, 2011. SWASH Project. Full-text (pdf) Over the past 5 years CARE, Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water, and Water.org, through the Bill and Melinda Gates … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. The GSF, together with the Programme … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. The GSF, together with the Programme … Continue reading →

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Twitter messages were providing data that would have been a quicker way of detecting and tracking the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti than traditional methods, according to a study [1] published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. … Continue reading →

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Twitter messages were providing data that would have been a quicker way of detecting and tracking the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti than traditional methods, according to a study [1] published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. … Continue reading →

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Menstrual Hygiene Management, Learning Fund. Full-text (pdf) Menstrual hygiene management has long been taboo in many countries. During the learning events, participants talked about their efforts to break the silence, working with women and girls to ensure menstrual hygiene management … Continue reading →

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Menstrual Hygiene Management, Learning Fund. Full-text (pdf) Menstrual hygiene management has long been taboo in many countries. During the learning events, participants talked about their efforts to break the silence, working with women and girls to ensure menstrual hygiene management … Continue reading →

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Using data from formative research to focus messaging on mothers’ aspirations for their children and fine-tuning activities based on feedback from the field and household survey data have been key to developing and implementing a handwashing with soap behavior change … Continue reading →

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Using data from formative research to focus messaging on mothers’ aspirations for their children and fine-tuning activities based on feedback from the field and household survey data have been key to developing and implementing a handwashing with soap behavior change … Continue reading →

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Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique, October 2011. Full-text (pdf) Chris Elbers, et al. The One Million Initiative of the Government of Mozambique aims at supplying access to clean drinking water and … Continue reading →

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Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique, October 2011. Full-text (pdf) Chris Elbers, et al. The One Million Initiative of the Government of Mozambique aims at supplying access to clean drinking water and … Continue reading →

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Philanthropedia selected 15 top international WASH non-profits (out of 106 reviewed) and asked 116 WASH experts to identify which ones were making the biggest positive impact in the field. Here is their list: Philanthropedia will highlight the top 8 high-impact international non-profits working … Continue reading →

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Philanthropedia selected 15 top international WASH non-profits (out of 106 reviewed) and asked 116 WASH experts to identify which ones were making the biggest positive impact in the field. Here is their list: Philanthropedia will highlight the top 8 high-impact international non-profits working … Continue reading →

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Issue 37 January 6, 2012 | Focus on WASH and IAP Technologies This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains recent studies and manuals that review water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air pollution (IAP) prevention technologies. For WASH, these … Continue reading →

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Issue 37 January 6, 2012 | Focus on WASH and IAP Technologies This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains recent studies and manuals that review water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air pollution (IAP) prevention technologies. For WASH, these … Continue reading →

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Tropical Medicine & International Health, December 2011 Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial Matthew C. Freeman, Leslie E. Greene, et al. Objectives  There has … Continue reading →

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Tropical Medicine & International Health, December 2011 Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial Matthew C. Freeman, Leslie E. Greene, et al. Objectives  There has … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jay Graham of George Washington University was in Bangladesh and compiled a photo album of his visit at the link below: View Photos Jay Graham, PhD Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Department … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jay Graham of George Washington University was in Bangladesh and compiled a photo album of his visit at the link below: View Photos Jay Graham, PhD Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Department … Continue reading →

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This blog was viewed about 180,000 times in 2011. Read more in the 2011 annual report for Sanitation Updates, which was autmatically generated by WordPress.com. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Sanitation Updates

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This blog was viewed about 180,000 times in 2011. Read more in the 2011 annual report for Sanitation Updates, which was autmatically generated by WordPress.com. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Sanitation Updates

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WaterAid has signed funding agreements with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for two WASH projects in Bangladesh. SDC and WaterAid signed a grant agreement on 30 November 2011 for … Continue reading →

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WaterAid has signed funding agreements with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for two WASH projects in Bangladesh. SDC and WaterAid signed a grant agreement on 30 November 2011 for … Continue reading →

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Content: Top News – CLTS Nouvelle traductions françaises / New French translations: Lukenya Notes et Creuser, s’implanter et grandir-Introduire l’ATPC en Afrique World Toilet Day 2011 New on the blog Research: request for help Other new resources on the website Link to … Continue reading →

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Content: Top News – CLTS Nouvelle traductions françaises / New French translations: Lukenya Notes et Creuser, s’implanter et grandir-Introduire l’ATPC en Afrique World Toilet Day 2011 New on the blog Research: request for help Other new resources on the website Link to … Continue reading →

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This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains case studies and evaluations of financing methods for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) projects.  Included in the WASH sector is an IRC review of sanitation financing models, a GTZ review … Continue reading →

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This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains case studies and evaluations of financing methods for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) projects.  Included in the WASH sector is an IRC review of sanitation financing models, a GTZ review … Continue reading →

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The WASHTech project has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. The following sanitation and hygiene technologies are included in the review: Bio-additives to pit latrines VIP latrines Urine … Continue reading →

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The WASHTech project has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. The following sanitation and hygiene technologies are included in the review: Bio-additives to pit latrines VIP latrines Urine … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin and the Barcelona football team are among the new figurines in the 2011 Caganer.com collection. Hiding Caganers in nativity scenes is a strong Christmas tradition in Catalonia, Spain, dating back to the 18th century. The defecating figurines symbolise … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin and the Barcelona football team are among the new figurines in the 2011 Caganer.com collection. Hiding Caganers in nativity scenes is a strong Christmas tradition in Catalonia, Spain, dating back to the 18th century. The defecating figurines symbolise … Continue reading →

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Dec 13, 2011, By Teresa Rehman, Alertnet KATHMANDU, Nepal (AlertNet) – On the fourth day of her menstrual cycle, Belkumari Paudiyal hikes for more than 20 minutes to the river below her village. She ties a petticoat round her chest … Continue reading →

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Dec 13, 2011, By Teresa Rehman, Alertnet KATHMANDU, Nepal (AlertNet) – On the fourth day of her menstrual cycle, Belkumari Paudiyal hikes for more than 20 minutes to the river below her village. She ties a petticoat round her chest … Continue reading →

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Dec. 1, 2011 – Entrepreneur turns Pakistan’s tons of garbage into a handsome profit while saving the environment. Clean” and “green” are words not usually associated with the streets of Lahore, but a garbage collecting business is changing the image … Continue reading →

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Dec. 1, 2011 – Entrepreneur turns Pakistan’s tons of garbage into a handsome profit while saving the environment. Clean” and “green” are words not usually associated with the streets of Lahore, but a garbage collecting business is changing the image … Continue reading →

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Social enterprise Milaap has set up an online microlending platform that enables anyone to give a household loan for the construction of a toilet or water connection for the poor in India. Based in Bangalore, India, with its headquarters in … Continue reading →

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Social enterprise Milaap has set up an online microlending platform that enables anyone to give a household loan for the construction of a toilet or water connection for the poor in India. Based in Bangalore, India, with its headquarters in … Continue reading →

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The ideal Christmas present if you live in southern Africa. This 40 page guide has mostly life-size photographs of about 100 species of animals ranging from mice to elephants. The guide’s author Kevin Murray has apparently spent the last 18 … Continue reading →

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Sijbesma, C., 2011. Sanitation financing models for the urban poor. (Thematic overview paper ; 25).  The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre 120 p. : 44 boxes, 1 fig., 4 tab. Includes references, glossary and lists of resources. Available … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India, December 2011. Full-text (pdf) Elizabeth Brainerd, Nidhiya Menon This paper examines the impact of fertilizer agrichemicals in water on infant and child health using data on water quality … Continue reading →

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Cavanna, S., Debus, J-P., and Nikiema, L.Z.P. (2011). A practical guide for building a simple pit latrine : how to build your latrine and use it hygienically, for the dignity, health, and well being of your family. Hardware Quality Project, … Continue reading →

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Environ Health Insights. 2011;5:63-70. Oct 18. Economic aspects of sanitation in developing countries. Full-text Van Minh H, Hung NV. Health Economics Department, Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute/University of Basel, … Continue reading →

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Twenty PhD Positions are available in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funded Project on Pro-poor Sanitation Innovations, named “Stimulating local innovation on sanitation for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia”. UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands, and the following … Continue reading →

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This month, Belgian radio station Studio Brussel is partnering with the Red Cross to raise money for WASH projects in Nepal. Traditionally, the radio station’s annual “Music for Life” Christmas fundraiser focuses on a “silent disaster”. The theme for 2011 … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Hygiene Promotion, Research, Sanitation and Health, South Asia Tagged: handwashing, India, water contamination

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By Arnold R. Grahl and Wayne Hearn, Rotary International News — 28 November 2011 Rotary clubs will be helping train engineers and scientists to solve problems in water and sanitation, particularly in developing countries, through a new strategic partnership between … Continue reading →

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Potter, A.; Klutse, A.; Snehalatha, M.; Batchelor, C.; Uandela, A.; Naafs, A.; Fonseca, C.; Moriarty, P. (2011). Assessing sanitation service levels. (WASHCost working paper; no. 3). 2nd ed. The Hague, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. 27 p. … Continue reading →

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OECD (2011). Meeting the challenge of financing water and sanitation : tools and approaches. (OECD studies on water). Paris, France, OECD Publishing. 142 p. : 13 fig., 5 tab. ISBN : 9789264120525 (PDF) ; 9789264120518 (print) doi: 10.1787/9789264120525-en Order online  … Continue reading →

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November 22, 2011 – UNITED Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) chief, water, sanitation, and hygiene section, Mr Vinod Alkari, has revealed that, Nigeria loses N455 billion annually or 1.3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to poor … Continue reading →

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Nov. 18, 2011 – Building a Better Toilet Link to article/audio Toilets, as most of us know them, haven’t changed much since the 1800s—they use a lot of water, and require an infrastructure that many communities can’t afford. Ira Flatow … Continue reading →

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This moving anecdote illustrates how the lack of public toilet affects women in Pakistan. It was posted as a comment to an article in newspaper Dawn about the release in Pakistan of WaterAid’s report “Off-track, off-target: Why investment in water, … Continue reading →

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November 19th is World Toilet Day and this issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains links to World Toilet Day websites and recent studies and articles on communal sanitation issues. Communal or public sanitation is an important WASH issue, especially in high-density slums with … Continue reading →

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Live & Learn Environmental Education Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Funding Contact: Rob Hughes, Project Manager & Lead Engineer, Live & Learn Environmental Education Cambodia, and Volunteer with Engineers Without Borders Australia, E: robhughes80@gmail.com P: +855 89 990 672, Skype: robhughes80 November 17, … Continue reading →

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Unilever is partnering with the World Toilet Organization (WTO) to set up Domestos Toilet Academies around the world, starting with a pilot Academy in Viet Nam opening in 2012. The Domestos Toilet Academy will run month-long training courses for local … Continue reading →

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Lee Hardcastle‘s clamation ‘T is for Toilet’ is the winner of a contest to find the “next great horror filmmaker” launched by Drafthouse Films, Magnet Pictures and Timpson Films. Inspired by children’s educational books, the ‘ABCs of Death‘ is an … Continue reading →

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Plan International USA Receives $7 Million Grant for Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Research Project in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana By Plan International USA Plan’s Testing Modified CLTS for Scalability project aims to improve rural sanitation by researching and testing the cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and … Continue reading →

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“The number of people without access to adequate water and sanitation facilities in Africa has risen fast in recent decades [as] rapid urbanisation has outpaced the ability of many African governments to provide essential services”, writes David Schaub-Jones in the … Continue reading →

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19 November is World Toilet Day Sponsors this year are fashion label NewUrbanMale.com, iPhone game company Coconut Island Studio, World Toilet Organization, FlushThisBook.com, Unilever Singapore and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Filed under: Campaigns and Events, Dignity and Social … Continue reading →

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His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, former President of Ghana (2001-2009) and former Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008), will be the first high-level Chair of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Kufuor is a passionate global advocate for leadership, … Continue reading →

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Finding appropriate ways of financing sanitation for urban poor communities remains a key challenge. Approaches like output-based aid (OBA) are attracting enormous interest, and rightly so. However, OBA models aren’t appropriate for all contexts, and other approaches also need to … Continue reading →

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A 2010 analysis showed that most East African countries have national sanitation policies and plans in place, but that the actual programs often lack coordination. To meet the Millennium Development Goals for sanitation, such programs must combine their efforts to … Continue reading →

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Community toilets can yield nutrient-rich fertilizer. A new type of public toilet is helping people in Haiti make fertilizer from human waste, a project that may someday revive the country’s degraded farmland, curb disease, and create jobs. by Christine Dell’Amore, National Geographic News,  October … Continue reading →

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The United Nations has accorded its highest consultative status to Indian sanitation NGO Sulabh International. The Chief of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO Branch, Andrei Abramov conveyed the upgrade of Sulabh International from ‘Special’ to ‘General’ consultative status … Continue reading →

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November 12th is World Pneumonia Day and this issue of the WASHplus Weekly includes some of the most recent studies on hand washing and eliminating indoor air pollution (IAP) as key environmental interventions to prevent pneumonia. Included are recent fact sheets … Continue reading →

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From now until World Toilet Day, 19 November, WaterAid USA and Amnesty International USA are urging people to Give a Crap about Human Rights by supporting the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act. This Act would help provide … Continue reading →

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WaterAid in Australia, in collaboration with the WASH Reference Group, is  hosting five online learning sessions and a learning workshop on inclusive WASH. The first session started on 30 October 2011 and the programme will end with the learning workshop … Continue reading →

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defeatDD.org has announced the winners of its Poo Haiku contest. Here is one of three winning haikus: Fact: Diarrhea kills 1.3 million kids each year. Holy sh*t. By @Global_ErinH Read the other two winning poo-ems here defeatDD.org’s was not the first … Continue reading →

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The United Nations has been hit with a demand for hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from Haitian cholera victims. The Boston, USA-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) filed the demand on behalf of some 5,000 victims. IJDH … Continue reading →

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Int. J. Epidemiol. (2011) doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr152 Epidemiological methods in diarrhoea studies—an update Full-text Wolf-Peter Schmidt1, et al. Background Diarrhoea remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality but is difficult to measure in epidemiological studies. Challenges include the diagnosis based … Continue reading →

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Industrial parks in Bangkok are being threatened after residents in Bangkok’s northeast demolish government-built levies to release the stagnant, garbage-ridden water that was building up in their neighbourhoods, writes the Wall Street Journal. Flooded roads are preventing garbage collectors getting … Continue reading →

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Luiza Cintra Campos of the University College London has won a US$ 100,000 Gates Foundation grant to to develop a simulation tool to evaluate new on-site sanitation technologies. By including parameters such as pit latrines served, distance to treatment, and potential … Continue reading →

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This conference assesses recent developments and approaches to industrial wastewater management in the African region.There are speakers from UN agencies (Wold Bank, UNEP), universities, industry and government. Organised by: Aidem Business Solution (ABS) Sponsored by: National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) … Continue reading →

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The U.S. military is taking Saddam Hussein’s prison toilet home to be displayed in a military police museum, Reuters says. The stainless steel commode and a reinforced steel door have been removed from the cell where the dictator spent two … Continue reading →

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This third international festival for clean water is a multi-country fundraising event involving over 70 cultural events in 24 cities in Germany, Switzerland and Spain from 11-22 November 2011. German NGO Viva con Agua is organising the event in collaboration … Continue reading →

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Large-scale projects that engage multiple government and non-government agencies entail specific considerations when designing and implementing a management information system (MIS) to support performance monitoring. Training and independent evaluation are key. These and other insights are summarized in a new Learning … Continue reading →

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Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 85:882-892; doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0142 Using Child Health Outcomes to Identify Effective Measures of Handwashing Stephen P. Luby, Amal K. Halder, Tarique M. N. Huda, Leanne Unicomb, and Richard B. Johnston We assessed which practical handwashing indicators … Continue reading →

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As Thailand faces its worst flooding in more than 50 years, a local company is distributing floating toilets free of charge to government offices. Cotto, part of Siam Cement Group (SCG), designed the floating twin-toilet unit, which weighs 800 kg. … Continue reading →

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Earning about US$ 150 a month, 60 girls  aged between 16 and 22, are manufacturing sanitary pads for women living in refugee camps in Galkayo, central Somalia, IRIN reports. The girls are enrolled at the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development … Continue reading →

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  Organised by the World Toilet Organization and Government of Hainan Province, the theme of the 2011 World Toilet Summit is “Toilet Civilization: Health, Tourism, and Quality of Life”. The Summit will be held in conjunction with 2011 World Toilet … Continue reading →

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Results-Based Financing (RBF), which offers incentives for behavior change based on results,  has achieved practical success in both the health and education sectors. To date, however, applications of RBF in the sanitation sector have been limited. In Identifying the Potential … Continue reading →

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WaterSHED’s sanitation marketing program takes a “Hands-Off” approach to sanitation marketing. Pioneered in Cambodia, the Hands-Off approach recognizes that with creative social marketing, targeted support to local enterprises and the brokering of effective public-private partnerships, sanitation markets can grow without … Continue reading →

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Making the Poor Pay for Public Goods via Microfinance: Economic and Political Pitfalls in the Case of Water and Sanitation, 2011. Full-text (pdf) Philip Mader, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. This paper critically assesses microfinance’s expansion into the … Continue reading →

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Published in July 2011, this second issue of Sanitation Matters focussing on southern Africa has well written contributions from David Schaub-Jones on urban sanitation challenges & opportunities, from Richard Holden on sustainable sanitation systems and from Alana Potter on assessing … Continue reading →

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This report is a short summary of the WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene, 9-14 October 2011 in Mumbai, India. It is intended to immediately bring to your inbox the highlights of the week, take home messages and an overall … Continue reading →

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In the wake of Global Handwashing Day, the Hygiene Council has released more findings from its international HABIT Study (Hygiene: Attitudes, Behavior, Insight and Traits). Below are charts comparing handwashing and household hygiene scores for 12 countries. Percentage of respondents … Continue reading →

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A new resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council at its 18th session calls on states to ensure enough financing for sustainable delivery of water and sanitation services. Passed by consensus on 28 September 2011, resolution A/HRC/RES/18/1 has taken … Continue reading →

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Millions of people across the globe celebrated the 4th annual Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2011, emphasizing the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective, simple, and affordable way to prevent disease. UNICEF Pakistan launches ‘Sabu’ Over 1 … Continue reading →

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Harnessing the wisdom of crowds: Open discussion forum helps to answer many sanitation related questions  The idea for this open discussion forum on sanitation came from our experience that when you want to buy a new car or have a … Continue reading →

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A new UN report says the international community has to date paid little attention to the growing problem of medical waste around the world, especially in developing countries. The report was released in September 2011 by the UN Special Rapporteur … Continue reading →

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Open defecation “serious threat“ to health: Report New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Despite an increase in the number of toilets, open defecation remains the single largest threat to health and nutritional status in the country, a report said today. India … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Multimedia, Progress on Sanitation, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Duncan Mara

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Over 4,000 pledges were generated from local people in Sembabule and  Mityana districts In Uganda  within a period of a week after 15 October  who texted the word ‘PLEDGE’’ to 8181. With that they showed their commitment to wash their … Continue reading →

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A new endline report discusses how Peru’s enabling environment for handwashing with soap has progressed since 2007.  The research, conducted by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), indicates that the enabling environment has been strengthened at both national and regional levels. In … Continue reading →

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Environmental microbiologist Dr Charles (Chuck) P. Gerba from the University of Arizona, shares his tips on keeping your office clean and hygienic. This is one in a series of hygiene videos posted by Crest Commercial Cleaning, New Zealand: others are … Continue reading →

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In the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, the Learning by Doing Initiative (LBDI), a joint project between the Government of Ethiopia, the Amhara Regional Health Bureau, USAID’s Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP), and the Water and Sanitation Program, started at large scale … Continue reading →

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Workers in many clothing and textile factories in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal are denied proper sanitation facilities, a trade union survey has found. Workers were not supplied with toilet paper and being forced to use pieces of fabric, SA Clothing and Textile … Continue reading →

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Technical handbook – Construction of ecological sanitation latrine, 2011. Download (pdf) WaterAid This handbook is the outcome of the ecological sanitation latrine promotion projects carried out by WaterAid’s partners in Nepal: the Environment and Public Health Organisation, Lumanti Support Group … Continue reading →

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People’s perception on sanitation: Findings from Nepal, 2011. Download (pdf) WaterAid This document provides people’s insights on why some sanitation interventions successes and others fail. The study showed that awareness among the people about the importance of sanitation and hygiene … Continue reading →

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Participatory research conducted in 80 communities in East Java shows that communities achieving ODF status within two months of CLTS triggering are more likely to achieve higher access gains and remain ODF longer than communities that take many months to … Continue reading →

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In the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, the Learning by Doing Initiative (LBDI) started at large scale and then expanded, growing from an initial 93,000 households in four districts to include 5.8 million people in 94 districts; LBDI resulted in 2.8 … Continue reading →

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Nguyen, H.H. (2011). Integrating sanitation marketing into a national program : a case study in Vietnam. Brisbane, QLD, Australia, International Water Centre. Read the full report Supply-driven approaches to rural sanitation in Viet Nam, with associated toilet subsidies, have had … Continue reading →

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On 15 October 2011 people across the globe will celebrate the 4th annual Global Handwashing Day aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent disease. Last year, 200 million … Continue reading →

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The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has granted 3.9 million Swedish crowns (US$ 587,000) for a three-year project on sustainable sanitation in flooded areas in India. The research project is lead by Stockholm Environment Institute in collaboration with the … Continue reading →

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Research conducted in Tanzania  to track the steps taken to design and implement an evidence-based, behavior change program using mass media, interpersonal communication, and direct consumer contact demonstrates the effectiveness of the FOAM framework for analyzing formative research and developing … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, 13 October 2011, www-wsscc-global-forum.org Chair, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues and friends, That great moral beacon of our times, Nelson Mandela, invites us to judge the importance of an issue not by how glamorous or attractive it is but by … Continue reading →

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Barbara Evans, chief rapporteur at WSSCC’s Global Forum, discusses the world’s sanitation challenges, themes from the conference, and highlights a couple of inspirational presentations. Filed under: Campaigns and Events, Dignity and Social Development, South Asia Tagged: Barbara Evans, Global Forum … Continue reading →

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Oct. 6, 2011 – Frank Rijsberman, Gates Foundation: Why We Need to Reinvent the Toilet Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I thank the organizers for giving me this opportunity to talk to you about our still newish water, sanitation and … Continue reading →

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Improving health is a key justification for WASH interventions…but evaluating health impacts is often viewed as too complex and costly. This Discussion Paper, a WSUP/SHARE collaboration, argues for more widespread evaluation of the health impacts of WASH interventions: not with … Continue reading →

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Protesters participating in the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York have constructed a greywater treatment system to recycle dishwater contaminants. The filtered water is used for the plants and flowers in Zuccotti Park where the protesters have their base … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, 10 October 2011 – Shahrukh Khan, one of the world’s most popular and much-loved Bollywood personalities, is making the fight for the right to safe sanitation and good hygiene his own.  The announcement was made last night at the … Continue reading →

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Issue 27 October 7, 2011 | Focus on Hand Washing – Global Handwashing Day Edition This WASHplus Weekly was prepared as a contribution to Global Handwashing Day, celebrated each October 15. Global Handwashing Day was created by the Global Public-Private … Continue reading →

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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is one of three women who were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Mrs Sirleaf became Africa’s first female elected head of state in 2005, following the end of Liberia’s 14-year civil war which left … Continue reading →

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Sanitation and water for poor urban communities: a manifesto, 2011. WaterAid. Full-text (pdf) WaterAid calls on governments and development agencies across the world to put the highest political priority on the provision of water and sanitation services to poor urban … Continue reading →

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Dutch entrepreneur Eric Treurniet opens his ninth 2theloo restroom shop on 7 October 2011 in Warsaw, just 8 months after he first introduced his new public toilet concept in an Amsterdam shopping street. Treurniet got the idea to develop the … Continue reading →

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What the Global Report on Disability means for the WASH sector. 2011. WaterAid. Download Full-text (pdf) This report gives an overview of the information relevant to the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in the world’s first report on disability. … Continue reading →

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A Christian group is calling on the Australian government to provide WASH access for 8.8 million people each year by increasing aid to water and sanitation from the current A$ 117 million (US$ 114 million) to A$ 500 million (US$ 487 … Continue reading →

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This WASHplus Weekly contains 2010 and 2011 resources about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues in disaster or emergency situations. Please contact WASHplus if you have new or upcoming resources to add to this for future issues. Some of the … Continue reading →

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Experts link poor water and sanitation services to a surge in chronic diseases Fresh evidence linking rising cases of non communicable diseases (NCD) with poor water and sanitation services in Kenya could inform increased international cooperation over the issue at … Continue reading →

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Catching the WASH Wave: The Growing Momentum for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at the Clinton Global Initiative WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As global leaders, philanthropists, Nobel Prize laureates and CEOs convened at the Clinton Global Initiative last … Continue reading →

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In a blog post in Impatient Optimists, Deputy Director of WASH Louis Boorstin explains how the Gates Foundation is supporting efforts to help communities end the practice of open defecation. The Foundation believes that community engagement is essential to ensure … Continue reading →

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SMALL FIXES – Low-cost innovations that can save thousands of lives Human waste makes good fertilizer, but it can be smelly and dangerous to handle when fresh. A common way to make it safer is to build an outhouse atop … Continue reading →

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KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Nepal has come a long way in recent history in terms of gender equality, but if there is one issue that is still under a silent veil its menstruation. The taboos and lack of information regarding the … Continue reading →

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This daily newsletter brings you the latest news items, videos and publications spotted by sanitation experts. It extracts news from web links in Twitter messages and news feeds and groups the news headlines under self-generated headings. The main source for … Continue reading →

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With universal access to sanitation trailing far behind set targets, there is an urgent need to break new ground in the provision of sanitation solutions. A special three-part workshop at the forthcoming IWA Development Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will … Continue reading →

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Sanitation marketing is a field that applies social and commercial marketing approaches to scale up the supply and demand for improved sanitation facilities. This WASHplus Weekly lists some of the most recent publications and websites on sanitation marketing. Included are … Continue reading →

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Why do families build toilets? If the family tradition for many generations has been to defecate in the open – using local woods or accepted sites, then what is the incentive to make a break and opt for a toilet … Continue reading →

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Accelerated and sustainable progress in sanitation and hygiene is within reach in Asia, as long as we aim at district-wide coverage and build a broad alliance under leadership of local governments. This is the main conclusion of sanitation and hygiene … Continue reading →

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This is a call for participants and contributors to an in-depth learning and sharing session on sanitation in rapidly-growing towns. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, together with UCLGA, WIN-SA and AusAid, are hosting a Learning and Sharing Workshop around … Continue reading →

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Sanitation marketing is a field that applies social and commercial marketing approaches to scale up the supply and demand for improved sanitation facilities. This WASHplus Weekly lists some of the most recent publications and websites on sanitation marketing. Included are … Continue reading →

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The Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene takes place 9 to 14 October in Mumbai, India. The event offers a prime opportunity to share ideas on leadership, skills, knowledge, behaviour change and actions that can improve the lives of the … Continue reading →

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Briefing Note 1: Inclusive design of school latrines – how much does it cost and who benefits? WEDC, July 2011. Download Full-text (pdf) WEDC research shows that the additional cost of making a school latrine accessible is less than 3% … Continue reading →

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Introductory Guide to Sanitation Marketing, 2011. Jacqueline Devine and Craig Kullmann. Water and Sanitation Program. Download Full-text) (pdf) Sanitation marketing is an emerging field with a relatively small group of practitioners who are learning by doing. With an Introductory Guide to … Continue reading →

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This app turns any private toilet into a public toilet accessible to friends & friends of friends using social media connections, with the aim to solve the problem of too-few easily accessible toilets in cities. CLOO allows registered users charge … Continue reading →

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Danish firm Makit ApS has been awarded a small grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to further develop and market a menstrual cup for the Kenyan market. Makit is one of twelve companies that have been granted … Continue reading →

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This new 9 minute video shows how BRAC is addressing high absenteeism rates among female students through a water, sanitation and hygiene programme in nearly 3,000 schools across rural Bangladesh. The programme includes menstrual hygiene facilties. [Female students] have expressed … Continue reading →

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The African Water Facility (AWF) has issued a Call for Concept Notes under the urban sanitation theme for the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AWF will fund up to ten projects that promise to address the needs and to … Continue reading →

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There are only 714 public toilets in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, for a population of close to 5 million. Despite evident need, there is low usage of toilets by women and children, according to a survey of 49 … Continue reading →

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Bringing Water to Where It is Needed Most: Innovative Private Sector Participation in Water & Sanitation, 2011. World Bank. Download Full-text In this Smart Lessons brochure we share an innovative and diverse range of initiatives from across the World Bank … Continue reading →

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Experiences from Rural Benin: Sanitation Marketing At Scale, 2011. World Bank. Download Full-text Sanitation marketing is a sustainable approach to household sanitation uptake at scale. While efforts in Africa to use marketing are underway in several countries, success stories have … Continue reading →

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Digging in, Spreading Out and Growing Up: Introducing CLTS in Africa This paper draws on the extensive involvement of Kamal Kar with the spread of CLTS in Africa to describe the early stages of the process, to elaborate on its developments and … Continue reading →

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Amina Abdalla, a 45-year-old mother of seven, living in Marsabit District (pop. 121,000), Eastern Province, told IRIN/PlusNews about her daily struggle for water. She knows water is essential for hygiene, but there is not enough and it’s too expensive. She … Continue reading →

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WASHwatch: helping to hold governments to account on their commitments to the fundamental foundations of health. WASHwatch—an online platform for monitoring government policy commitments and budgets for water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) was launched by WaterAid yesterday at World Water Week in Stockholm. … Continue reading →

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Public toilets constructed seven years ago in an Indian village, soon fell in disrepair because the pump that provided the water supply stopped working, and did not get repaired. Now the 2,500 inhabitants of Kokkarapati village, in Trichy district, Tamil … Continue reading →

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The Loowatt system creates a low-cost and simple solution for waterless sanitation that converts human waste into biogas. We have built and tested a working system in London and see great potential for our toilets to make a difference in … Continue reading →

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The UN’s latest Millennium Development Goals Report notes that progress in sanitation has largely bypassed the poor while rural populations remain disadvantaged. An analysis of trends over the period 1995-2008 for three countries in Southern Asia shows that improvements in … Continue reading →

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Access to safe water and sanitation are among the ten top global public health achievements in the first decade of 21st century identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC asked experts in global public health to nominate … Continue reading →

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Small private providers, from retailers to masons, from public toilet operators to latrine emptying businesses, are of vital importance to medium- and lower-income communities, according to BPD Water & Sanitation [1]. The sanitation sector needs to capitalise on the growing … Continue reading →

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Below are links to some of the most recent WASHplus Weeklies. Each Weekly contains some of the most recent literature and other resources for the topics: Cholera Prevention and Control A WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Indoor Air Quality A WASHplus … Continue reading →

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What will the international Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector look like in, let us say, 10 years from now? Will access to sanitation still lag behind water supply, or will it evolve into a stand-alone sub-sector with its own … Continue reading →

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Around 30 percent of the national budget of Rwanda is made available to district authorities. This high share makes Rwanda a front-runner in Africa, Stephan Klingebiel and Timo Mahn, two German banking specialists write in the June 2011 edition of … Continue reading →

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A new book in the OECD Report Series looking at water and sanitation financing in both OECD and developing countries is due for publication on 31 October 2011. OECD (2011). Financing water and sanitation : challenges, approaches and tools. (OECD … Continue reading →

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A multi-disciplinary team from the Water Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) at Loughborough University led by Professor M.Sohail has won a £250,000 (US$ 408,000) grant in an international competition to “re-invent the toilet” organised by The Bill & Melinda Gates … Continue reading →

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The government’s subsidy policy for sanitation needs to be more effective and more money should be allocated if Bangladesh is to meet is target of sanitation for all’ by 2013, experts say. This is the conclusion of a study conducted … Continue reading →

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LUSAKA, 11 August 2011 (IRIN) – Charity Muyumbana, 45, has spent her entire adult life contending with recurrent flooding, poor drainage, and a lack of toilets in Kanyama, the sprawling Lusaka township where she lives. “Most of the people use … Continue reading →

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WaterAid Nepal has produced this video as part of its campaign “School Sanitation: The Neglected Development Link”. Minister for Education and Sports, Gangalal Tuladhar, launched the campaign on 11 August 2011 by opening a photo exhibition at the Nepal Art … Continue reading →

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An Indian e-toilet manufacturer has partnered with a local animation institute to create hygiene promotion cartoons for schools. Eram Scientific Solutions with Toonz Academy has created the “Green Army” cartoon characters to make students aware of cleanliness and hygiene. The … Continue reading →

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Pickering, A.J., Davis, J. and Boehm, A.B. (2011). Efficacy of alcohol-based hand sanitizer on hands soiled with dirt and cooking oil. Journal of water and health ; vol. 9, no. 3 ; p. 429–433. doi:10.2166/wh.2011.138 (pay per view) Abstract Handwashing … Continue reading →

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Please check out and follow the WASHplus Twitter to stay up to date on news and publications from WASHplus and its Resource Partners. Recent Tweets include: WASHplus Newsletter, August 2011. Link: tinyurl.com/44zya62 SHARE-funded #research: Factors influencing latrine #hygiene in #Tanzania. … Continue reading →

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Low-Cost Options for Sludge Management in Madagascar, 2011. English (pdf) French (pdf) WASHplus partner, Practica Foundation, conducted a feasibility study of various technological options for hygienic sludge removal at two public-private toilet/shower sites in Madagascar. Both are currently emptied by … Continue reading →

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4 August 2011 - The Gulper, WaterAid’s innovative machine for hygienically emptying pit latrines, will feature in a new BBC World documentary series on Saturday 6 August at 10.10 and 20.10 GMT. The film, which has been made by independent production company … Continue reading →

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Global hygiene and paper company SCA has started offering low-cost hygiene products in small packages in Latin America and Asia. Similar projects are being planned in Africa and the Middle East. Items being sold include diapers, sanitary napkins and toilet … Continue reading →

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A teacher from St. Mary’s College, Aboke, in northern Uganda fell in a pit latrine as he looked for cockroaches for a biology practical lesson. Newspaper New Vision reported that the teacher was given money to buy 80 cockroaches for … Continue reading →

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Rock band OK Go have collaborated with Google for the interactive version of their latest video “All Is Not Lost”. It was created with HTML5 Chrome Experiment, using Google’s Chrome browser (see the non-interactive version here). You can enter a … Continue reading →

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Theme: Drivers for ecological dry toilets in urban and rural areas Organised by: Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland , University of Tampere, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere University of Technology Abstract deadline: 15 Jan 2012 Programme: Mon-Wed 20-22 … Continue reading →

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July 30, 2011 – Solving the sanitation problem is within reach, and it could avoid many deaths “CHOLERA most forcibly teaches us our mutual connection. Nothing shows more powerfully the duty of every man to look after the needs of … Continue reading →

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In June, the Guardian posted an article quoting WaterAid and the Work Bank who claimed that water and sanitation projects are not “sexy” enough and that donors therefore are not willing to invest in them. On the other hand, WaterAid, the international NGO … Continue reading →

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The WSSCC Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme in Malawi continues to move forward strongly with the signing of sub-grantees following the first funding round.  The agreements that have been entered into are for between 2 and 4 years, and total … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is pleased to welcome you to the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene from 9 to 14 October 2011 at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel in Mumbai, India. The new website, programme … Continue reading →

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On 27 July 2011, more than 20 leading international water and development organizations signed and launched the WASH Sustainability Charter. This Charter is a collaboratively-developed mission and set of guiding principles to advance lasting solutions in water, sanitation and hygiene … Continue reading →

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A government girls’ school in Ernakulam, Kerala, will soon be the first school in the country to get an electronic public toilet. This is part of the suchi@school (Sustainable Comprehensive Hygiene Initiative) project, an initiative of local CPI (M) Member … Continue reading →

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Africa could finally be turning a corner in the sanitation crisis say civil society groups ANEW and FAN, WaterAid, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the End Water Poverty Campaign who attended the recently held AfricaSan3 conference … Continue reading →

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UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and partners have been awarded a US$ 8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will be used for postgraduate sanitation education and research with a focus on solutions for the … Continue reading →

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The SaniFaso project aims to eradicate open defecation in 12 partnering communes (the lowest level of administrative division) in Burkina Faso. The four-year rural sanitation project, which started in December 2010, will  construct 16,000 latrines, train local masons and carry out hygiene … Continue reading →

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UN Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque welcomed the multimillion dollar grant offered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at “reinventing the toilet” through new technology to save water and transform human waste into energy and fertiliser. However, she … Continue reading →

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From 31st January to 2nd  February 2012 BRAC, WaterAid, WSSCC and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre will organise a regional sanitation and hygiene practitioners’ workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The aim of this workshop is to contribute to the evidence … Continue reading →

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School children (both girls and boys) in Uganda’s northern Amuru and Gulu regions are being taught how to make sanitary pads using cheap, locally available materials. This is one of the measures being undertaken to increase girls’ retention in primary schools. … Continue reading →

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22 July, Kigali, Rwanda — Africa could finally be turning a corner in the sanitation crisis say civil society groups ANEW and FAN, NGO WaterAid, WSSCC and the End Water Poverty Campaign attending AfricaSan3 in Kigali, Rwanda. The comments come … Continue reading →

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What works in hygiene and sanitation programming and what does not? Why, with so many good experiences and advances, are basic needs and challenges not met? What are our future priorities? These questions were addressed in eight regional practitioners’ workshops, … Continue reading →

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The International Water Association (IWA) has made the first issue of its  new peer-reviewed Journal of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Development, available online, with free access to the full text PDFs of  all articles. Access to following issues will … Continue reading →

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UNICEF has published the WASH in Schools Monitoring Package to strengthen national monitoring systems and to improve the quality of monitoring at the project level. National monitoring systems for WASH in schools are generally weak; many countries do not have even basic … Continue reading →

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Azad Maidan, Cross Maidan, Oval Maidan and Shivaji Park. On these “maidans” or public parks of Mumbai, some of India’s biggest cricket stars like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar and Sachin Tendulkar started their careers. … Continue reading →

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To mark the milestone of reaching 1,000 readers, Sanitation Updates has launched SaniTweets and E-Source Sanitation News Continue reading →

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July 19, 2011 – USAID and Gates Foundation Collaborate to Seek, Test, and Scale Innovative Solutions for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene WASHINGTON, D.C. – To support promising new approaches in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, the U.S. Agency for … Continue reading →

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See the cool promo video to mark the Gates Foundation new sanitation strategy. It has already been viewed nearly 5,000 tiems since its release on 18 July 2011. Filed under: Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Wastewater Management Tagged: advocacy, Bill & Melinda … Continue reading →

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launch of their new sanitation strategy and US$ 42 million in new sanitation grants at the 2011 AfricaSan 3 conference in Kigali, Rwanda on 19 July 2011. “No innovation in the … Continue reading →

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Civil society organisations (CSOs) are calling on African leaders and international governments to take urgent action on the continent’s critical sanitation situation. The call was issued on the eve of AfricaSan 3, the only Africa-wide conference on sanitation, which is … Continue reading →

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The results of the international Dettol HABIT Study (Hygiene: Attitudes, Behaviour, Insight and Traits) were recently presented to health and safety professionals by expert professors from the Global Hygiene Council in Dubai. During the symposium, the Dubai Ministry of Education … Continue reading →

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This webinar presentation is based on findings from a Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) study of 50 local governments that were declared 100% sanitized/open defecation free almost five years ago. Researchers found that almost 90 percent of households in the … Continue reading →

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Villagers in Salkot, western Surkhet, have to produce a “sanitation card” when applying for services from the Village Development Committee (VDC). The “sanitation card” system was introduced in Salkot in mid April 2011 when it was declared an open defecation … Continue reading →

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Seven million people, including over 700,000 refugees are in need of waster, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services according to a United Nations report of 15 July 2011. The drought affecting Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti is being called the worst … Continue reading →

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India’s new rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has also taken charge of the newly-created Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Will the former environmental crusader transform into a sanitation crusader? The first signals are encouraging. In a cabinet reshuffle the new ministry … Continue reading →

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Rose George, author of the Big Necessity, writes about her visit to a village in Liberia in the Gates Foundation Blog. There she met a local pastor whose 9-month-old daughter Marie, had died in November 2010 from diarrhoea. Despite increasing … Continue reading →

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An article in Time Magazine highlights the collaboration between the Gates Foundation and Germany in finding innovative solutions for sanitation in developing countries. The Head of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene department at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Frank Rijsberman, talls about new … Continue reading →

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Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, United Nations independent expert on the right to water and sanitation paid a week-long visit to Namibia. She noted that the country has over the past 20 years achieved significant progress in extending its water network … Continue reading →

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In spite of Government’s pledge to commit 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to sanitation, the 2011 budget made provision for 0.1%, said Executive Secretary of the Coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation (CONIWAS), Mr Benjamin Arthur. Ghana … Continue reading →

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Professor Sandy Cairncross, a UK scientist who has devoted his career to saving lives in the world’s poorest countries by improving sanitation and hygiene – including revolutionising attitudes to toilets – was honoured with an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday … Continue reading →

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Unilever through its Lifebuoy soap brand has reached 100,000 students in over 80 schools across Nairobi County its hand washing campaign. The “School of Five” campaign aims to get over one million people across Kenya to pledge to the habit of … Continue reading →

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Carter, R.; Palakudiyil, T.; Harvey, E. (2011). Sanitation framework. London, UK, WaterAid. 40 p. : 3 boxes, 1 fig., 7 tab. With 42 endnotes, among them references. – Includes glossary This document sets out a framework for the enhancement of … Continue reading →

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BILL GATES’ NEXT GREAT INNOVATION: THE WATERLESS TOILET Scientists working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are researching the many different ways human waste can be put to good use — such as powering electrical current with human excrement, … Continue reading →

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When Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal set out on a journey to the rural areas of the state, the schools he visited went out of their to accommodate the 83-year old politician. At the first school that Badal visited … Continue reading →

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As part of the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2011-2013 for Cambodia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a US$ 27 million loan and a US$ 800,000 technical assistance grant for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation III … Continue reading →

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The online Community Choices Tool demo is a prototype of a decision-making support tool for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector, being developed by the Pacific Institute. The Community Choices Tool will be both a WASH decision-making support tool … Continue reading →

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A bike-powered poop pump is redefining low-cost sanitation, April 2011, by Robert Goodier, Engineering for Change. Meet the next generation of bicycle-powered devices for developing countries: a pit latrine pump. It’s the offspring of locally available parts—a bucket, a hose, … Continue reading →

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Urine is fertilizing crops and saving money in India, by Robert Goodier, Engineering for Change, May 2011. Consider these facts about urine: Adults produce about four to eight cups (one to two liters) per day, it’s a reservoir of nitrogen, … Continue reading →

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The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) has published two new 8-page factsheets: Abraham, B., Fogde, M., Muench, E., Wendland, C. (2011). Sustainable sanitation for schools – Factsheet of Working Group 7. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). Muellegger, E., Freiberger, E., McConville, J., … Continue reading →

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A US-based health research firm, Abt Associates, has organised a series of diarrhoea prevention camps in low-income settlements in cities of Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi. The camps took place between May and July, the peak period of diarrhoeal outbreaks. The … Continue reading →

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All households in Uruguay must now have a  sewerage connection. Uruguay’s House of Representatives passed a bill making sewerage connections compulsory on 5 July 2011. The new bill includes provisions to provide subsidies and grants to those who cannot afford … Continue reading →

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In his latest column, government critic and Professor of Creative Writing at Trinity College (USA) Okey Ndibe, voices his disgust at the practice of open defecation in his homeland Nigeria. If you want to gauge how badly Nigerians have been … Continue reading →

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Another example of how coercion is used in sanitation programmes comes from Radhapur village, Banke district in Nepal’s Mid-western Region. The Village Development Committee (VDC) of Radhapur prevents people without toilets “from getting recommendations for citizenship, land certificates and other … Continue reading →

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Launch of the 4th edition of WHO Drinking-water Quality Guidelines at Singapore International Water Week The latest drinking-water guidelines are now available for download or book order following their global launch at the Singapore International Water Week on 4 July … Continue reading →

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Trop Med Int’l Health, July 2011 Patterns and determinants of communal latrine usage in urban poverty pockets in Bhopal, India Link to abstract, author email A. Biran1, et al. Objectives  To explore and explain patterns of use of communal latrine … Continue reading →

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Env. Sci & Tech, July 2011 Toward a Consensus View on the Infectious Risks Associated with Land Application of Sewage Sludge Link to abstract, author email address Emily Viau, et al. The science linking processed sewage sludge (biosolids) land application … Continue reading →

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Evidence “strongly suggests” that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says. The study is the strongest argument yet that newly-arrived … Continue reading →

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Promoting good hygiene practices: Key elements and practical lessons, 2011. Download Full-text  WaterAid Australia, International WaterCentre, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre. The objective of this compilation is to strengthen the capacity of organisations to design and deliver effective hygiene … Continue reading →

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Hand Washing Prior To Cooking May Help Reduce Childhood Burden Of Diarrhea In 2007, Stephen Luby (SPL), Head of the Program on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) and colleagues studied … Continue reading →

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A parliamentary committee wants to cancel a 550 million Rand (US$ 81.7 million) rural sanitation contract with an NGO for its failure to deliver services on time. The ministers of Public Works and of Human Settlements want to give the … Continue reading →

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The Briefing Note “Mapping EU Support for Sanitation in Africa”, published by the EU Water Initiative (EUWI) Africa Working Group, is based on a full study by WEDC in association with Hydroconseil. The purpose of the study is to obtain … Continue reading →

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will formally launch its sanitation-focused programme strategy as part of the AfricaSan3 Conference on 19 July 2011, writes the head of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) team Frank Rijsberman. The foundation began its … Continue reading →

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The municipal corporation of Mumbai (BMC) is finally taking action, after seven years, to stop Dharavi slum dwellers from using the Maharashtra Nature Park Society (MNPS) footpath as an open toilet. Despite having a toilet in the vicinity, locals would … Continue reading →

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Durban — It might seem unusual for a waste utility to be concerned with the goal of ending world hunger, but that’s part of the mission of the Water and Sanitation department in South Africa’s second largest city of Durban. … Continue reading →

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June 24, 2011 – Healthy schools improve national academic performance PUPILS WHO STUDY IN SCHOOLS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, PROVIDE WATER AND SOAP ARE MORE LIKELY TO WASH HANDS THAN THOSE IN SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES NAIROBI (Xinhua) … Continue reading →

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Closing the Loop between Sanitation and Food Security for the ´Base of the Pyramid´ June 9, 2011 – If consumers in the advanced Western economies have a hard time swallowing the idea of drinking water recycled from sewage, that may … Continue reading →

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Now that the Global Sanitation Fund programme has been formally launched in the two Indian states where funded work will take place, Jharkhand and Assam, the programme’s national Executing Agency (EA) has called for expressions of interest from potential programme … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) welcome entries for the fourth edition of the WASH Media Awards. This competition is open to journalists who publish or broadcast original investigative stories and … Continue reading →

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United Nations, 21 June 2011—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, along with UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, Ugandan Minister of Water & Environment the Hon. Maria Mutagamba, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, today launched the “Sustainable Sanitation: Five-Year Drive … Continue reading →

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  PLAN INTERNATIONAL CAMBODIA SEEKS EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM POTENTIAL GLOBAL SANITATION FUND SUB-GRANTEES NEW ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED: GOOD DIGNITY PRACTICES (GDP) FOR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)  WSSCC AT AFRICASAN IN JULY GSF PROGRAMME MANAGER POST ANNOUNCEMENT WSSCC ANNUAL REPORT … Continue reading →

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ICC, WTO Draft of Global Toilet Design Guideline Ready for Public Comment (PRWEB) June 16, 2011 Alarming statistical facts such as 2.6 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, a child dies of a waterborne illness every 15 … Continue reading →

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Kigali — Rwanda achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on sanitation and surpassed it by eight percent, State Minister for Energy and Water, Eng. Colette Ruhamya announced yesterday. According to Ruhamya, about 58 percent of Rwandans have access to adequate … Continue reading →

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In rural India, extremes of coercion are being used to encourage toilet use writes Liz Chatterjee in the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog. Her provocative post has drawn comments from the likes of Robert Chambers, Rose George, Ned Breslin and Erik Harvey. A … Continue reading →

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The 64th World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted a resolution on drinking-water, sanitation and health, and two other related resolutions on cholera and Guinea worm (dracunculiasis). WaterAid had issued a call to leaders participating in the WHA in Geneva to prioritise sanitation … Continue reading →

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The finance minister’s claim that 90.6 percent families in Bangladesh are using sanitary latrines has been dismissed by experts. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Report 2010) data shows the sanitary latrine coverage in Bangladesh is only … Continue reading →

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Continuing developments in GIS software are opening up a number of possibilities for capturing and processing geographical data, and then presenting it via the internet. The ability to manage information on water and sanitation services and then overlay it onto Google … Continue reading →

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A US-Ghanaian team has been awarded US$ 1.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a biorefinery that will convert fecal sludge to biodiesel and methane. Kartik Chandran, an associate professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering at … Continue reading →

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“The most cost-effectiveness intervention for improving public health [is] improving hygiene promotion [and] without change in hygiene behaviour, we get none of the benefits of water, none of the benefits of sanitation”. This was one of the messages that Dr … Continue reading →

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Sanitation MDG is badly off track, but a community-led approach could fix that Vast sums are wasted on programmes for free toilets, but the community-led total sanitation approach has helped millions avoid often fatal, faecally related infections. Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) … Continue reading →

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The technology and innovation-focused search for a silver bullet for the WASH sector by the Gates Foundation is flawed, argues the director of a water NGO. Improving sanitation for people in developing countries requires person-to-person education within each community, writes … Continue reading →

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The Government of Rwanda is hosting the AfricaSan 3 conference, which is being organised by the AMCOW Sanitation Task Force, from 19-21 July 2011 in the capital Kigali. SuSanA will be organising two seminars in the AfricaSan 3 on the … Continue reading →

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The 13th SuSanA meeting will take place on 17-18 July 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda just before the AfricaSan 3. The SuSanA meeting will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, UNICEF Rwanda and the SuSanA secretariat. The registration … Continue reading →

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The Ghanasan project is a collaboration between Unilever, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), and IDEO to develop new products and services for in-home sanitation in Kumasi, Ghana. The project aims to address the barriers that prevent 1 … Continue reading →

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In response to a Supreme Court directive, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar has directed education, water and power departments in Uttarakhand to provide basic water, electricity and sanitation in all state schools. Between 18 and 25 May 2011, 307 schools were … Continue reading →

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Water and Sanitation to Reduce Child Mortality: the Impact and Cost of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure, 2011. I. Gunther, World Bank. (Link to full-text) Using household survey data, this paper estimates the mortality impact of improved water and sanitation access … Continue reading →

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May 25, 2011 – Maharashtra government has made it compulsory to have a toilet at home for getting admission in junior colleges in the rural areas. The students who don’t have a toilet will be given provisional admissions with the … Continue reading →

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The Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) announced a partnership to bring 5 million gallons [19 million litres] of clean water, along with sanitation and hygiene education, to 30 schools in Malawi and Tanzania during its fourth World Water … Continue reading →

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GENEVA, May 19, 2011 (IPS) – The World Health Assembly could adopt landmark resolutions asking governments to improve water and sanitation to eradicate cholera and guinea worm, the latter of which exists in just four countries in Africa. While safe … Continue reading →

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Garbage is piling up in the streets of Ahmedabad in Gujarat because more than 40 per cent of the municipal sanitation workers are on leave to attend marriages. Thousands of weddings are taking place in the state from 16 to … Continue reading →

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The cholera outbreak that has so far killed 4,888 people in Haiti was caused by a strain “very similar but not identical” to current South Asian strains, a UN independent panel of experts said. The source of the outbreak was … Continue reading →

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May 16, 2011 – Sarasa Satish is a waste picker. Every morning, she starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. going door to door, collecting throwaway materials from houses in the Rajendra Nagar slums of Bangalore, India. The neighborhood is crowded, with … Continue reading →

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Ghana – Scientist Wins Support for Plan to Turn Human Waste Into Fertiliser Accra — A female Ghanaian scientist is one of four researchers from developing countries who received US$100,000 each to pursue their dream ideas for solving global health … Continue reading →

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WSSCC Chair Prof. Anna Tibaijuka and Executive Director Jon Lane are participating in the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UN LDC-IV) in Istanbul, Turkey, being held 9 to 14 May. The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are … Continue reading →

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The seven members of the Coordinating Committee of the West Africa WASH  Journalists Network were elected 28 April by consensus during the constitutive General Assembly in Accra, Ghana. This marks the end of the setting up phase of this regional … Continue reading →

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Several large regional sub-grantees such as the Madagascar Red Cross and a number of sub-regional counterparts such as CARITAS are among the first round of grant recipients in the Madagascar Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme announced this week by Medical … Continue reading →

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WASH in Haiti by Jay Graham  Photos highlight two organizations – SOIL and Deep Springs International – working in earthquake affected areas View album View slideshow Filed under: Emergency Sanitation, Latin America & Caribbean Tagged: Haiti

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Program: Environment (Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water and Adequate Sanitation) Dates: April 2011 – April 2014 “High 5” Kelurahan will improve hygiene and sanitation practices at the household and community levels in urban areas with high diarrhea prevalence. The … Continue reading →

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With a high court ruling supporting South Africa’s constitutional right to sanitation, Cape Town’s “brutal – and farcical – toilet wars” have come to an end. Protesters from the Makhaza neighbourhood of the black township Khalelitsha, that was at the … Continue reading →

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In one of his first appearances in his new role as Viet Nam’s Goodwill Ambassador for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), the 35-year-old actor and comedian Xuan Bac features in a series of 30-second television spots showing children how to … Continue reading →

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A Tanzanian entrepreneur, Andembwisye Mwakatundu, has come up with an innovative plan to turn hundreds of tons of cow-dung otherwise thrown away by ranches and individuals throughout the country to produce biogas. The sight of men on bicycles carrying firewood … Continue reading →

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School-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on the Potential of the Shebedino Pilot, March 2011. Download full-text Robert Chambers This note is based on two field visits, in November 2010 and 23 February 2011, discussions with Berhanu Tunsisa and others in Plan … Continue reading →

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Financing Household On-Site Sanitation for the Poor, 2011. Water and Sanitation Program Link to full-text Key Lessons Public funding can trigger significantly increased access to household sanitation. Public investments of varying forms enabled an absolute increase in the fraction of … Continue reading →

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A reusable self-decontaminating sanitary napkin, a children’s latrine training mat and a latrine using urine to flush instead of water are among 26 sanitation technology projects that have been awarded Gates Foundation grants. On 28 April 2011, the Gates Foundation … Continue reading →

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April 22, 2011 – While other industrial designers merely tweak the appearance of the latest electronic gadget to make minor improvements to trivial point-of-sale appeal, Israel’s Noa Lerner, a Berlin-based industrial engineer, is developing a much more crucial necessity: a … Continue reading →

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Discarded plastic, industrial waste and unwanted fishing nets are still a growing problem for the world’s oceans, despite decades of efforts to reduce such marine debris. However, a new set of commitments – set out during the recent Fifth International … Continue reading →

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We are so used to turning our eyes away when we see somebody defecating in the open that we fail to reflect on this widespread practice, prevalent much more in India than in other countries. It is not only visually … Continue reading →

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His childhood experience with ill-equipped schools in the provinces inspired businessman Napoleon Co to build toilets for poor Muslim and Christian kids in Mindanao. Napoleon Co, owner of construction superstore chain Home Depot remembers the restrooms in his elementary school: … Continue reading →

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Prisoners in Orissa state, India and in Sunsari District, eastern Nepal, are being deprived of proper sanitation and safe drinking paper, according to local newspaper reports. India, Orissa At a meeting in April 2011 on jail administration, Orissa’s Chief Minister … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2011 – It was an experience like no other in Lagos recently when Unilever Nigeria Plc, a leading player in the Fast Moving Consumer Good (FCMG) industry launched its new advanced Lifebuoy health soap into the market amidst … Continue reading →

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A common pass book we know is one that contains cash deposits and withdrawal amounts in detail, but in the Entrepreneurs Multipurpose Cooperative in the town of Pavia, they issue pass books indicating kilos of bottles, plastics, and recyclables items … Continue reading →

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Apr 20, 2011 – The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Marie Claire Mukasine, yesterday announced that there would be 100 percent sanitation coverage by 2012, and stressed on accelerating strategies to achieve this target. She made the remarks … Continue reading →

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J Water Health. 2011 Mar;9(1):187-99. Pathogen destruction and solids decomposition in composting latrines: study of fundamental mechanisms and user operation in rural Panama. Mehl J, Kaiser J, Hurtado D, Gibson DA, Izurieta R, Mihelcic JR. SourceCivil & Environmental Engineering, Michigan … Continue reading →

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Chemosphere. 2011 Mar 21. Global potential of phosphorus recovery from human urine and feces. Mihelcic JR, Fry LM, Shaw R. SourceCivil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, United States. This study geospatially quantifies the mass of an essential fertilizer … Continue reading →

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April 17, 2011 – Desperately poor Haiti is finding a cheap source of fuel in recycling human excrement, a move that could help put a dent in a cholera epidemic and slow the country’s pervasive deforestation. The “biodigester“, which converts … Continue reading →

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A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes. Download/View Report World Bank, 2011. The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Government of India has been in operation for over a decade (1999 to date), and … Continue reading →

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NAIROBI, Mar 29 (IPS) – Talk about foul foundations: the Katwekera Tosha Bio Centre is built on the stuff that goes into toilets. This community centre in the Nairobi slum of Kibera goes well beyond solving sanitation problems – it … Continue reading →

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Concerns that bottle scratches negatively influence the quality of solar water disinfection (SODIS) are unfounded, a new NGO study reveals. Ambient temperature and bottle diameter, however, do greatly influence disinfection effectiveness, the study finds. The NGO Nature Healing Nature has … Continue reading →

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Under-five child mortality from diarrhoeal diseases, which was 1.7 million in 2005, is expected to fall to just over half a million by 2030 and around 130,000 in 2060, a new study [1] predicts. The study notes that headway is … Continue reading →

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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched its Facebook page in January 2011 and an integrated SMS service in March 2011 to enable public monitoring of garbage collection sites and public urinals/toilets in areas under its jurisdiction.The first experiences were … Continue reading →

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Designed by the United States Agency for International Development’s Hygiene Improvement Project programme in Uganda, this manual  provides guidance and tools for designing a sanitation marketing programme. It allows professionals in the fields of santitation and marketing to comprehensively assess … Continue reading →

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Australian Aid Saving Millions of Lives: Report April 12, 2011 A new report released by aid organisation World Vision claims that Australian aid dollars have contributed to significant declines in child deaths, gains in school enrolments and the provision of … Continue reading →

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“Harlekin’s Klooseum – Museum of Modern Arsch” opened it doors on 3 April 2011 in the German city of Wiesbaden. The focus of the exhibition is the cultural history of the toilet and the human body. The Klooseum (“Looseum”) is … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2011 – NEW DELHI: A superbug immune to almost all known antibiotics has been found in Delhi’s water. British scientists said they have found the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) 1 gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to all … Continue reading →

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South Asian ministers have vowed to tackle the “biggest sanitation challenge in the world”. In the Colombo Declaration released on 7 April 2011 at the 4th South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN IV), they promise to set up a national … Continue reading →

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A British Member of the European Parliamentarian (MEP) wants the EU to spend more aid on innovative low-cost sanitation technologies. Nirj Deva MEP and Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s development committee launched his call after a meeting with philanthropist Bill Gates. Following a … Continue reading →

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From 7 April to 6 May 2011 IRC and UNICEF are organising a web-based debate on four topics around what we can do to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools in the developing world. Right now less than … Continue reading →

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The goal of the course is to enhance the capacity of local decision-makers and sanitation professionals to make the most enlightened decisions and investments in the area of urban sanitation. It provides analytical tools to understand the financial and institutional … Continue reading →

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Running in the UK from March to September 2011, the Wellcome Trust’s Dirt Season features a major exhibition ‘Dirt: The filthy reality of everyday life‘ at Wellcome Collection, an online game Filth Fair, a BBC series “Filthy Cities“, and a … Continue reading →

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The number of Haitians infected with cholera may reach 779,000 by the end of November 2011, nearly twice as many as UN estimates, according to a new study [1]. The UN estimate is “essentially a guess, based on no data, … Continue reading →

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by Sarah Bramley, WASHplus Project, CARE On World Water Day, a day on which people around the world joined together to recognize the importance of safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene education (WASH), I spent the morning thinking about … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Dignity and Social Development, Progress on Sanitation Tagged: Community-Led Total Sanitation, Kamal Kar

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Deep April 1, 2011 – Springs International (DSI), a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania, USA, and Nokia Research Center (NRC), Palo Alto, California, are teaming up to ensure the supply of clean drinking water in Haiti with NFC technology. Water treatment … Continue reading →

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UNICEF is covering the sanitation needs for more than 7,000 people who have fled the violence in Libya and find shelter in transit camps in southern Tunisia. The refugees first get registered in Ataawan transit camp, where they spend the … Continue reading →

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Kibera, Kenya – Community Turns Garbage Into Energy Source A community-based organisation in the Kenyan slum area of Kibera set out to clean up garbage and deal with waste water; Ushiriki Wa Safi ended up creating a community cooker that … Continue reading →

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Local officials in a district in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province are trying out social “contracts” to encourage villagers to build and use latrines. So far five families in the province’s Timor Tengah Selatan District have signed such a contract, … Continue reading →

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Organised by: Asian Development Bank with support from partner organisations (by invitation only) This 2nd ADB-DMC and Partners Sanitation Dialogue will focus on making sanitation a viable and sustainable service – overcoming constraints and demonstrating benefits from shifting away from … Continue reading →

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March 25, 2011 Around the world on March 22nd, people recognized World Water Day. The day serves as a reminder of the vital importance of access to clean water and the large numbers of people who live without that access. … Continue reading →

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Concept note: SuSanA engagement in the five year drive for sustainable sanitation Link to Concept Note As a follow-up to International Year of Sanitation (2008) and in the effort to attain sanitation and hygiene Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, Sustainable … Continue reading →

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The United Nations calls on member states to “redouble efforts to close the sanitation gap” by 2015. On 20 December 2010 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/65/153) establishing a global effort to realise “Sustainable Sanitation: The Five-Year-Drive to … Continue reading →

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 New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Wednesday called for a monitoring mechanism to ensure the proper functioning of the santitation infrastructure in India’s rural areas. ‘Rural sanitation in India, which was as abysmally low as 1 percent in … Continue reading →

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USAID Global Waters: Our Urban Era – World Water Day 2011 Download Full-text Contents Welcome to Global Waters! Our Urban Era – World Water Day 2011 The Sta. Ana Public Market Wastewater Treatment Plant Sustainable Green Technology in the Philippines … Continue reading →

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To mark World Water Day 2011, WSUP (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor) has released a Call to Action urging governments, funding institutions and other decision-makers worldwide to invest now in urban sanitation. Sanitation-related diseases are having a profound negative impact … Continue reading →

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A powerful video promoting handwashing with a simple tippy tap has won the 2011 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award for Best Thrifty Video. The DoGooder awards are an initiative of See3 Communications and YouTube. Watershed Management Group’s video “It’s in your … Continue reading →

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Enabling basic sanitation access among 200,000 Cambodian households (approximately one million people), especially the disadvantaged, is the target of a new Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) progamme executed by Plan International Cambodia in the country through a $5 million commitment from … Continue reading →

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Four years after news agency IRIN released its award-winning documentary film “Slum Survivors”, its makers returned to the Kenyan slum of Kibera to see what had happened to the main characters. One of the most striking sequences of the film … Continue reading →

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Four years after news agency IRIN released its award-winning documentary film “Slum Survivors”, its makers returned to the Kenyan slum of Kibera to see what had happened to the main characters. One of the most striking sequences of the film … Continue reading →

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WHO says prevention must be stepped up;  Four regions hit, Accra the worst affected ACCRA, March 18 (Reuters) – A cholera epidemic in Ghana has killed 60 people and infected almost 4,000 since the first cases emerged last September, with … Continue reading →

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Nepal may be justifying a US$ 15 million investment in separate school toilets for girls for the wrong reasons suggests an IRIN news article. The government says separate toilet would: reduce the number of girls missing classes or dropping out … Continue reading →

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US$ 100,000 grants are available for innovative non-networked sanitation technologies for the urban poor. “Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies” is one of topics in Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US$ 100 million grant initiative of the … Continue reading →

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  Millions of people in Japan’s devastated northeast are without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures. Access to water in the tsunami affected areas is a concern due to water contamination and salination. An estimated 1.4 million households in … Continue reading →

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Leaders of First Nations (indigenous peoples) from northern Manitoba want the United Nations to investigate the violations of rights imposed by the lack of water. Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief David Harper told a Senate committee hearing Tuesday [15 February … Continue reading →

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Many women in the developing world can miss up to 50 school or working days per year due to lack of proper feminine hygiene. To alleviate the problem, in Rwanda a Harvard MBA graduate Elizabeth Scharpf formed the Sustainable Health … Continue reading →

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March 14, 2011 - Graphic messages and reminders that use a shock-and-shame approach may get more people to wash their hands, according to a Kansas State University professor and his colleagues. “Those ‘Employees Must Wash Hands’ signs in bathrooms may not … Continue reading →

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LILONGWE, Mar 9, 2011 (IPS) – At its best it is waterless, odorless, eminently affordable and has a rich fertiliser as byproduct, yet for residents of Malawi’s informal settlements, dry sanitation retains a whiff of the unwanted. As much as … Continue reading →

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Through the invaluable support of our intern Niharika Joshi, our Sanitation Platform is now also available in Spanish. After we included the French version last year, this is another step on the road to making Akvopedia a true multi-language platform. … Continue reading →

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World Poopin’ Day is a campaign benefiting US NGOs Water.org and GiveLove to raise awareness about sanitation issues, especially in developing countries. It is sponsored by CoTweet, Giveo and mGive. Water.org and GiveLove are known for their celebrity co-founders, actor Matt Damon … Continue reading →

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We would all prefer to have our own household toilet rather than just use of a communal or public toilet but in some low-income urban communities, provision of individual household toilets is problematic. A recently published Topic Brief from WSUP … Continue reading →

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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is pleased to announce “The Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene 2011,” to be arranged in Mumbai, India, from 9-14 October of this year. The event will be a vital platform to … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Exhibition at CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum Features Multi-Media Art of Handwashing ATLANTA, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A gift from Georgia-Pacific Professional will help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlight the health benefits of proper … Continue reading →

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Young women are part of a campaign to bring much-needed social change and improve sanitation facilities If you don’t have a toilet at home, you might not get a bride in India. In a silent revolution of sorts, Indian women … Continue reading →

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Water and power services are gradually being restored in the city of Christchurch, three days after it was hit by an earthquake, leaving 103 people dead and 228 listed as missing. Seventy-five per cent of earthquake-ravaged Christchurch now has power … Continue reading →

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INDER, 23 February 2011 (IRIN) – Candid talk about human excrement is making people in rural Niger, where only 2 percent of the population has adequate sanitation, insist on building and using toilets: A project there is showing people from … Continue reading →

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The Global Scaling Up Sanitation project of the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has developed a performance monitoring and benchmarking model to strengthen outcome-based management of the rural sanitation sector in India. This model has been adopted by the Government … Continue reading →

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The Delhi Jal Board (city water board) has approved levying sewerage development charges on those premises which do not have a DJB water connection, or have a cut-off connection, but discharge sewage into its sewer system. The monthly levy will … Continue reading →

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GIZ (formerly called GTZ) has published a new booklet in its series of technology reviews entitled: Link: “Technology review of constructed wetlands. Subsurface flow constructed wetlands for greywater and domestic wastewater treatment”.  This booklet (36 pages) focuses on treating domestic/municipal … Continue reading →

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The SAKNSS website provides information resources on sanitation in Southern Africa including country information, documents, links and images. The documents and  organisation links are browsable by type, country and theme. Organisations and companies can enter their details online in a … Continue reading →

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A better understanding of a county’s political and social processes and entities that determine the extent and nature of investments in sanitation could catalyze a sharp increase in numbers of people with access, especially for the poor, according to a … Continue reading →

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Invest in sanitation and wastewater, make treated wastewater available for reuse in urban areas and reduce the GDP loss due to bad health and disease which bad sanitation brings. These are the lessons that India can learn from neighbouring China, … Continue reading →

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Why are many so many developing countries doing so badly in providing all their citizens with good sanitation, Prof. Duncan Mara, University of Leeds, asks?. The technical solutions and finance are available, but aid agencies need to focus more on … Continue reading →

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In November 2010, SPLASH, the European Union Water Initiative Research Area Network (EUWI ERA-net), selected the following 5 projects to be funded under the SPLASH Sanitation Research Programme: 1. Catalysing self-­‐sustaining sanitation chains in informal settlements Coordinated by the University … Continue reading →

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Even revolutionaries have to go the toilet. This picture shows the mundane side of life at Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, which was the media focal point for anti-Mubarak protesters during 18 days of demonstrations. This is one of a series … Continue reading →

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On Feb. 2 BCLC and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) hosted a forum about innovating in the WASH sector (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). Here are five key conclusions: 1. The technology needed to meet the access issues … Continue reading →

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1,000th community declared “Open defecation free” in Sierra Leone Pewama village in the Kenema District was recently officially counted as Sierra Leone’s 1,000th community to be declared “Open Defecation Free” (ODF). This means that each household now has access to … Continue reading →

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The government is all set to construct girl-friendly toilets in 5500 community schools throughout the country to enroll more girl students in the schools. The government has allocated Rs. 1.1 billion [US$ 15 million] for the purpose. According to Department … Continue reading →

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This document summarises the performance monitoring framework for the AusAID and The Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) funded “Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for ALL” programme implemented by SNV, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and local partners in Nepal, … Continue reading →

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Feb 7, 2011 – Kathmandu, Nepal: USAID recently began two new projects directly with two local Nepali organizations to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for more than 65,000 people in Nepal’s mid- and far-western region, a US Embassy … Continue reading →

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Poor hygiene exacerbated by growing piles of rubbish and the current political crisis are all factors that haelth experts and residents say contributed to a dry-season cholera outbreak in Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire. So far eight people out … Continue reading →

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Case Study on the Sustainability of Improved Sanitation in Rural Bangladesh, Feb 2011. Water and Sanitation Program. Download (pdf)   To learn about the sustainability of sanitation behaviors, facilities, and programs that focused on achieving 100%sanitation coverage (i.e., ODF status), the … Continue reading →

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South Asian Conference on Sanitation – April 4-8, 2011 – Colomba, Sri Lanka The South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN), a government led biennial convention held on a rotational basis in each country, is a platform for dialogue and influence … Continue reading →

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In recent years medical waste management has become a growing topic of  discussion and debate in Bangladesh, especially amongst environmentalists, academicians, policy-makers, non-governmental organizations and researchers. On January 26, ICDDR,B and its collaborators, Bangladesh FHI and Health Care Without Harm … Continue reading →

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Ned Breslin: Counted Like Sheep — Retooling the WASH Model’s “Beneficiary” Indicators (Part I) Beneficiary is  a misleading indicator and driver of development assistance. It  implies passivity on the part of the “recipient” that does not mesh with my experience … Continue reading →

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Jan 29, 2011 – The Ministry of Water and Energy said that it has finalized preparations to begin counting the number of potable water, sanitation and hygiene facilities available in the country. Ministry Public Relations and Communication Directorate Director, Bizuneh … Continue reading →

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Jan 27, 2011 – TORONTO – A teacher demonstrating the importance of handwashing can go a long way toward keeping students healthy by instilling good habits, says the author of a study on preventing school-based gastrointestinal outbreaks. Prof. Marilyn Lee, … Continue reading →

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(01/27/11) HONOLULU – The US Environmental Protection Agency today applauds the Mayors, County Councils and residents of Maui and Kauai counties in Hawaii for enacting restrictions banning plastic shopping bags – reducing their waste and protecting the environment in a … Continue reading →

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Jan 27, 2011 – Changing a mindset is easier said than done. In Indonesia, public awareness of the importance of hygiene remains low. About 30 percent of the total population of about 240 million, for example, still practice open defecation, … Continue reading →

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 Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), an innovative organisation that brings local and global expertise to deliver water and sanitation services to the urban poor, has interacted with the media in Kumasi, as part of moves to solicit … Continue reading →

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Inadequate sanitation causes India considerable economic losses, equivalent to 6.4 percent of India’s GDP in 2006 at US$53.8 billion, according to The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation in India, a new report from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), a … Continue reading →

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MUMBAI: Senior India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has joined hands with NDTV and Coca Cola to improve sanitation in rural India through “Support My School” campaign which was launched on Monday. “I cannot digest that because of no proper toilets, girls … Continue reading →

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Empowering local communities to solve their own problems is the best way to improve health across the continent The deadline for the world to meet its millennium development goals is now only four years away, yet in sub-Saharan Africa, there … Continue reading →

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How can sanitation programmes move beyond triggering and sustain behaviour change through sanitation marketing? CATS +2, a UNICEF Global Sanitation Meeting held from 2-5 November 2010 in New
 York tried to answer this question. CATS stands for Community Approaches to … Continue reading →

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El-Jazairi, L. (2010). Rights to water and sanitation: a handbook for activists. London, UK, Freshwater Action Network (FAN). vi, 86 p. : 1 fig., 5 tab., photogr. With a foreword by Catarina de Albuquerque, United Nations Independent Expert on the … Continue reading →

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The Dynamics and Sustainabilityof Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): Mapping Challenges and Pathways, 2010. Download (pdf, 580KB) Movik, S. and Mehta, L. STEPS Working Paper 37. CLTS picks up where other participatory projects such as PHAST have left off. The pioneer … Continue reading →

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UN-Habitat, the Executing Agency for the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council’s (WSSCC) Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme in Nepal, is now seeking expressions of interest for potential sub-grantees to carry out GSF work on the ground in the country. … Continue reading →

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Application of Total Sanitation & Sanitation Marketing (TSSM) Approaches to USAID, November, 2010. Download (pdf, 750KB) CONTENTS Executive Summary 1. Introduction 1.1 Rationale/Background 1.2 Scope 1.3 Methodology 1.4 Report Organization 2. TSSM – What Is It? 2.1 What Is TSSM? 2.2 Summary … Continue reading →

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Bery, R.; Rosenbaum, J. (2010). How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization (WHO). 113 p. : 5 boxes, 7 tab. Bibliography: p. 59-70. – Includes glossary ISBN 978-92-4-154801-4 Download full report This … Continue reading →

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Theme: Some for All? Pathways and Politics in Water and Sanitation since New Delhi, 1990 Organised by: STEPS Centre In 1990 the UN General Assembly endorsed the ‘New Delhi Statement’ entitled ‘Some for all rather than more for some.’ This … Continue reading →

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Two Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loans will help bring drinking water to 630,000 people, upgrade water and sanitation facilities in 20,000 schools, and reduce water-borne illnesses among 1.3 million students. The first loan, for US$ 350 million, will finance the … Continue reading →

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USAID – Point-of-Use Water Treatment:  What Do We Know? How to Move Forward? Washington, D.C. November 5, 2010 Download Report-Word Document The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-sponsored meeting: Household Water Treatment: What Do We Know? How to Move … Continue reading →

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Thames Water’s east London sewermen have released their own reworded version of the carol Good King Wenceslas to stop people flushing turkey fat and wet wipes down the drain during the Christmas holidays. The song is part of the water … Continue reading →

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NGO Global Water provides instructions for building rural water, sanitation, and hygiene-related facilities that were developed by its partner in Guatemala, Agua Para La Salud (Water for Health). The facilities include: Ferro-Cement Water Storage Tank Hand Washing Stations (Lavamanos) Complete … Continue reading →

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Sanitation has long been considered a taboo topic, but was this always the case and can we see cultural trends in interest for this topic? A new “culturomics” tool developed by Google reveals that first decades of the 20th century … Continue reading →

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CLTS pioneer Dr. Kamal Kar features in Foreign Policy magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers list published in December 2010. He is ranked at place 84 “for doing the world’s dirty work”. First place in the top 100 is reserved for … Continue reading →

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The government should set up a revolving fund for Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) initiatives, in collaboration with Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) and local government. This was one of the recommendations from Ghana’s first National Environmental Sanitation Conference (NESCON). The conference was … Continue reading →

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Inadequate sanitation costs India US$ 53.8 billion, which is equivalent to 6.4 percent of India’s GDP in 2006, according to a new report [1] from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). The study analyzed the evidence on the adverse economic … Continue reading →

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The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Dgroup for Asia is holding an e-conference on “Rural Sanitation Supply Chains and Finance” from 30 November 2010 until 10 January 2011. The discussion will be moderated by SNV Asia and the IRC International Water … Continue reading →

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Most sanitation costs in rural and peri-urban areas are borne by households and when these are taken into account, the per capita costs are actually higher than those for water. State expenditure on capital maintenance, operation and maintenance, and direct … Continue reading →

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The World Bank Wikipedia writing contest is an effort by the World Bank to engage with Universities for its Wikipedia Pilot Project (WPP). The competition is open to students currently enrolled at participating universities worldwide. First place contestants will be … Continue reading →

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Nov. 30, 2010 – To address the lack of sanitation facilities in girls’ schools, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) has tied up with Sulabh International to provide toilets in schools. Launching the programme on Monday, FLO said it took up the … Continue reading →

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Give2Asia Partners with World Toilet Organization to Improve Sanitation in Asia – Give2Asia, a US-based public charity promoting transformative philanthropy for Asia, today announces a new fiscal sponsor partnership with World Toilet Organization (WTO), a Singapore-based nonprofit that promotes health … Continue reading →

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The World Sanitation Financing Facility (WSSF) has launched a web site – www.sanitationfinance.org – and social media channels on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin to attract more technical and financial consortium partners. Formally established in 2009, the WSSF seeks to “increase … Continue reading →

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This three-day workshop aims to identify proven good practices in the sanitation and hygiene sector, as well as drawing lessons from failures to enter into the policy dialogue. It focuses on urban sanitation with an emphasis on learning and innovation … Continue reading →

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“The worst thing is that the baskets we carry the waste in, often leak and drips down over your clothes”, manual scavenger Lakshmi Devi from rural Bihar tells BBC correspondent Mike Thomson. All her seven children are boys who clean … Continue reading →

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Indian NGO CRY – Child Rights and You – has launched an online Snakes and Ladder game to raise awareness about the challenges faced by rural schools. The game includes messages about water and sanitation. A ‘ladder’ will advance you … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Kellogg Crane, a biochemist whose discoveries about how salt and sugar are absorbed by the body led to the development of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), has died on 31 October 2010 at the age of 90. ORT is … Continue reading →

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A local hand washing campaign that attracted national and international attention, could be rolled out to benefit schools, local authorities and businesses through out the United Kingdom. It is only one year since Hull and East Yorkshire NHS [National Health … Continue reading →

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Speaking at a workshop on the ‘City Sanitation Plan’ in Bangalore, the Adviser to Karnataka state Chief Minister on Urban Affairs A. Ravindra said: “We need a sanitation revolution in the country. There is a need to create public awareness … Continue reading →

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In response to the cholera outbreak in Haiti, the World Bank is preparing a US$ 10 million Cholera Emergency Grant as part its US$ 479 million reconstruction support. As of 22 November 2010 the outbreak has caused 1,523 deaths and … Continue reading →

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A musician and activist whose songs about using latrines and washing hands are positively influencing the hygiene practices of communities in Mozambique; a widow who has risen through her caste status to lead a campaign against open defecation in her … Continue reading →

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Indian Space scientists have put machines on the moon, yet 1 in every 2 Indians does not have access to toilets. Everyday 638 million people or about 50% of the population in India resort to open defecation. There has been … Continue reading →

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Pedal power may hold the answer to cheap and efficient sewage removal in some of the world’s poorest slums — if the work of a Cambridge University researcher can be taken into large-scale production. M Phil graduate Nate Sharpe is … Continue reading →

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U.S. Implementation of the Water for the Poor Act: Small Steps for a Crisis that Calls for Great Strides, November 2010. Full-text:  http://docs.nrdc.org/water/files/wat_10111801a.pdf Natural Resources Defense Council illions of people lack access to clean water and safe sanitation which has … Continue reading →

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Open innovation platform OpenIDEO, in partnership with Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) and Unilever, has launched a challenge to address urban sanitation issues through the design of latrines and waste management services. The OpenIDEO challenge is running … Continue reading →

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A local Nepal is collecting the urine of over 6,000 cadres and leaders attending the sixth extended meeting of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in Palungtar, Gorkha. The intention is to convert the urine into fertiliser, said SEWA … Continue reading →

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The following papers on sanitation costs and financing were presented at the IRC Symposium 2010, ‘Pumps, Pipes and Promises: Costs, Finances and Accountability for Sustainable WASH Services’, held in The Hague from 16-18 November. The economics of sanitation initiatives (ESI) for … Continue reading →

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November 19 is World Toilet Day. To help raise awareness for the 2.5 billion people who don’t have access to sanitation, thousands of people are going to squat for one minute. All over the world, in malls, in offices, on … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Campaigns and Events, Progress on Sanitation, South Asia Tagged: Bangladesh, WaterAid, World Toilet Day 2010

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Filed under: Africa, Campaigns and Events, Progress on Sanitation Tagged: Burkina Faso, WaterAid, World Toilet Day 2010

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Filed under: Africa, Campaigns and Events, Progress on Sanitation Tagged: WaterAid, World Toilet Day 2010, Zambia

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Filed under: Africa, Campaigns and Events, Progress on Sanitation Tagged: Uganda, WaterAid, World Toilet Day 2010

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Below are links to the full-text of the 4 articles in the the water and sanitation policy series just published in PLoS Medicine: 1 – Bartram J, Cairncross S (2010) Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health. PLoS Med … Continue reading →

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From Catchment to Consumer:  Emphasizing Water Quality at the National Level. A presentation at the AWWA Water Quality Technology Meeting, November, 2010. by Rochelle Rainey, USAID Environmental Health Advisor,  rrainey@usaid.gov Download/View (pdf, 455KB) Filed under: Progress on Sanitation, Sanitary Facilities … Continue reading →

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October 2010 – 68 photos of environmental health in Senegal.  If you have comments or questions, contact Jay Graham. Link to photos Filed under: Africa, Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Jay Graham, school sanitation, Senegal

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Nov 2010 – 49 photos of water, sanitation and hygiene in Zambian schools. If you have comments or questions, contact Jay Graham. Link to photos Filed under: Africa, Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Jay Graham, school … Continue reading →

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As the death toll from Haiti’s cholera epidemic reached 917 on 12 November 2010, Save the Children says the best way to reduce the disease’s spread is to arm people with information and supplies to improve hygienic practices. Cholera has reached … Continue reading →

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Four papers, which will be officially released on 16 November 2010 in PLoS Medicine – the flagship medical journal of the open access publisher Public Library of Science – highlight how sanitation and water, along with better hygiene are the … Continue reading →

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Just as in Nepal (“Take a Pee & Get One Rupee“), an initiative in South Africa is trying to overcome traditional resistance to ecosan by paying for urine. The initiative is part of new project funded by the Gates Foundation. … Continue reading →

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Bongartz, P., Musyoki, S.M., Milligan, A. and Ashley, H. (2010). Tales of shit : Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa. (Participatory learning and action ; 61). London, UK, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). 238 p. ISBN: 978-1-84369-782-4 Download full … Continue reading →

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Professor Duncan Mara retired from the University of Leeds, UK, in September 2010. To celebrate his work and achievements a Valedictory Symposium (the Global Public Health Crisis) and Dinner will be held on 13 January 2011 at the university. The … Continue reading →

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Professor Duncan Mara retired from the University of Leeds, UK, in September 2010. To celebrate his work and achievements a Valedictory Symposium (the Global Public Health Crisis) and Dinner will be held on 13 January 2011 at the university. The … Continue reading →

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Microbiological Indicator Testing in Developing Countries: A Fact Sheet for the Field Practitioner. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. December 2010. Download Full-text (pdf, 460KB) Microbiological indicator testing is a crucial tool for household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) … Continue reading →

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Preventing Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries: Proven Household Water Treatment Options. USAID, CDC, November 2010. Download Full-text (pdf, 1.19MB) Five interventions – chlorination, ceramic filtration, slow sand filtration, solar disinfection, and PUR – have been proven to reduce diarrhea in … Continue reading →

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Household Water Treatment Options in Developing Countries: Slow Sand Filtration. USAID; CDC, 2010. Download Full-text (pdf, 144KB) The Slow Sand Filter (SSF) is a sand filter adapted for household use. Please note that although commonly referred to as the BioSand Filter (BSF), … Continue reading →

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Bringing Handwashing with Soap into the Spotlight – Handwashing Promotion Specialist Please send expression of interest to Romy Soesanto at romys@idss.com.au by 23rd November 2010 EOI should include: Covering letter detailing experience in relation to the Objectives and Skills & … Continue reading →

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Safe water and sanitation, vital tools to combat the current cholera epidemic, are absent in most communities  in Haiti, reports IRIN. The death toll rose to 501 on 6 November 2010, up from 442 on 3 November, and hospitalisations for … Continue reading →

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Preparations have started for AfricaSan 3, the 3rd African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene. The Rwandan government is hosting the conference, which is being organised by the AMCOW Sanitation Task Force, in the capital Kigali from 19-21 July 2011. The … Continue reading →

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In the wake of President Obama’s visit to India, AP journalist Ravi Nessman writes that “he will find a country of startlingly uneven development and perplexing disparities, where more people have cell phones than access to a toilet”. Interestingly, Nessman … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of former manual scavengers rose as one at New Delhi’s Constitution Club to demand an apology from the government for the wrongs done to the community. “Apologise now for the violation of our dignity,” they said. In late September … Continue reading →

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To create awareness about the need of hand washing before taking a meal among the school childrens, the State Government on Monday decided to provide liquid soaps to all the primary schools in the State. Speaking to the Mediapersons here … Continue reading →

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The installation of more boreholes means many Katine residents once forced to drink from local swamps now have access to clean water. But a year-long strike by health volunteers has delayed progress on sanitation, says Sarah Boseley. It’s been raining … Continue reading →

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Oct 27, 2010 - MIREBALAIS, Haiti (AP) — U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday, following persistent accusations that excrement from the newly arrived unit caused the cholera … Continue reading →

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For the past two years, the International Code Council (ICC) and the World Toilet Organization (WTO) have been working with committee members representing sanitation-related organizations around the globe to develop “Global Guidelines for Practical Toilet Design.” This document will standardize … Continue reading →

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The number of deaths in Haiti’s cholera outbreak has risen to 208 and the number of confirmed cases to 2,646 in the Artibonite and Central departments. There were five confirmed cases of cholera in the capital Port-au-Prince. Humanitarian organisations working … Continue reading →

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More than 200 million schoolchildren, parents, teachers, celebrities and government officials in 80 countries lathered up in the third annual Global Handwashing Day on 15 October 2010. This year’s celebrations revolved around schools and children, and the theme “more than … Continue reading →

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Oct. 20, 2010 – There are plenty of high-tech ideas to tackle pollution, but recent research suggests that some of the biggest gains in keeping our waterways clean could come from a more traditional technology – fences. Simply fencing off … Continue reading →

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Trop Med Intl Health, 19 OCT 2010 A community-randomised controlled trial promoting waterless hand sanitizer and handwashing with soap, Dhaka, Bangladesh Stephen P. Luby, Mohammad Abdul Kadir, M. A. Yushuf Sharker, Farzana Yeasmin, Leanne Unicomb, M. Sirajul Islam A. Objectives … Continue reading →

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Oct. 19, 2010, Pretoria – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed an affordable hand-washing device for poor communities to fight and prevent water-borne diseases. The CSIR’s Ester Ngorima said in the developing world, diarrhoea and acute … Continue reading →

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This new book aims to boost hygiene promotion efforts. It contains 11 case studies from different countries and two keynote papers from international experts, all written to help people to design programs for the effective promotion of good hygiene practices. … Continue reading →

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The first edition of the Smart Hygiene Solutions booklet was launched on Global Handwashing Day 2010. The booklet is written for those who seek to help break the cycle of disease transmission by improving the hygiene conditions of communities and … Continue reading →

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Washing hands with soap and water alone cannot stop the spread of bacteria if hands are not properly dried, according to recent research from the UK [1]. “People think that after washing with soap and water, the job is finished,” … Continue reading →

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Close to 20,000 school children and adults took part in a handwashing campaign in an attempt to establish a new Guinness World Record. They gathered at Thirime Primary School in Kikuyu on 15 October 2010 to mark Global Handwashing Day. … Continue reading →

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The Water for People video “Sanitation graveyard”, filmed at at Ayabaraya Primary School in Rwanda, features in “Beyond the Ribbon Cutting” written by blogger Jennifer Lentfer for Blog Action Day. When “solutions” are delivered to disadvantaged people without sufficient thought … Continue reading →

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Save the Children is asking children and adults to test their knowledge of dirty words. The global humanitarian organization released a series of fun videos on YouTube this week taking on four dirty words: germs, toilets, worms and dirty water. … Continue reading →

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Below is a fact sheet from a recent UNICEF literature review and an annotated bibliography of handwashing studies that we hope will be useful for Global Handwashing Day on Oct. 15, 2010. Evidence Specific to Handwashing with Soap (Fact Sheet)- … Continue reading →

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The UN Human Rights Council has finally recognised the right to water and sanitation as legally binding in international law, in a landmark decision adopted on 30 September 2010. [T]he UN affirmed [...] by consensus that the right to water … Continue reading →

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A video clip of a remote controlled poo chasing Londoners has been viewed over 200,000 times on YouTube, one month after its release on 7 September 2010. The video is part of WaterAid’s Dig Toilets Not Graves campaign launched in … Continue reading →

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Harare, October 04, 2010 – The United Nations says 50 percent of the Zimbabwe’s rural population have no toilets and use the bush. Speaking at the launch of the National Action Committee (NAC) on Water, a programme aimed at revitalising … Continue reading →

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An Indian NGO that provides housing and toilets for women’s groups was a finalist in the 2010 World Habitat Awards. Established in 1979, the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) mobilises poor women to form self-help saving groups (SHG). Some 6,700 … Continue reading →

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President Yoweri Museveni has described the practice of overcharging by operators of public toilet and markets as “parasitism”. “Instead of developing common facilities in markets, business people make huge money out of people defecating. For somebody to use a toilet … Continue reading →

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Automatic sanitary napkin vending machines have been installed in five schools in Kohima district, Nagaland, as part of India’s total sanitation campaign. The installation was an initiative of the Communication and Capacity Devlopment Unit of Nagaland’s Public Health Engineering Department … Continue reading →

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(CNN) — In Mozambique, music stars don’t often sing about eternal romance or lovelorn relationships. Crooning lyrics like “Let’s wash our hands for the children to stay healthy, for the uncles to stay healthy, for the mothers to stay healthy, … Continue reading →

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“The Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health will not succeed, in my view, without safe sanitation embedded in its implementation”, says WaterAid Australia CEO Adam Laidlaw in an interview on Radio Australia. The Global Strategy, Laidlaw was referring to, was … Continue reading →

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Filed under: East Asia & Pacific, Economic Benefits, Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Cambodia, sanitation marketing

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Filed under: Africa, Dignity and Social Development, Economic Benefits, Multimedia, Sanitary Facilities, Wastewater Management Tagged: Kenya, Nairobi, sanitation entrepreneurs

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, together with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, today [22 September 2010] called for immediate action on sanitation – the most off-track Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target in sub-Saharan Africa. The call came on … Continue reading →

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Recycling urban wastewater and using it to grow food crops can help mitigate water scarcity problems and reduce water pollution, but the practice is not being as widely implemented as it should, according to a new UN food and agriculture … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Research, South Asia Tagged: Nepal, Struvite, waste recycling

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Filed under: East Asia & Pacific, Multimedia Tagged: Indonesia, sanitation marketing

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Filed under: Multimedia, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Health is Wealth, WaterAid

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Thanks to all who entered the USAID Environmental Health Sanitation Video Contest. There were nearly 30 excellent entries and 5 of these were selected to be featured on Sanitation Updates. One of these will be featured each day on Sanitation … Continue reading →

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Conventional sanitation ladders rank sanitation in increasing complexity of technological options. However, sanitation improvement is not as straightforward as the concept of “a ladder” with incremental improvements from op full flush, might suggest. For example, from the user perspective, a … Continue reading →

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Has a monument to open defecation been erected in The Netherlands? You might think so after Dutch residents christened Antony Gormley’s 26 metre high monumental sculpture “de poepende man” or the “shitting man”. The real name of the giant crouching … Continue reading →

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In the Center for Communication Programs publication, Social, Cultural and Behavioral Correlates of Household Water Treatment and Storage, Drs. Figueroa and Kincaid discuss the many individual, household and community level factors that play a role in water treatment behavior and … Continue reading →

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Millions remain without proper sanitation in flood-affected Pakistan. “Sanitation is ‘the invisible problem’ in disaster relief and by highlighting the problem, behaviour change happens,” according to Bill Fellows, the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) global cluster coordinator working with United … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia, Sanitation and Health Tagged: handwashing, Krazy Kuzins

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Public Handwashing Takes a Hike More Adults (85%) Than Ever Observed Washing Hands in Public Restrooms Men Are Doing Better, But Women Are Still the Hand Cleaning Champs BOSTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Mom’s advice about cleaning your hands may … Continue reading →

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Filed under: Hygiene Promotion, Multimedia Tagged: WaterAid

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