India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deviated from convention and made sanitation a central theme of his Independence Day speech 2014. He has announced a programme of Clean India to make the country Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2019. In that year India will celebrate the 150 th birth... Read more...
Over the last months, a number of influential media outlets have published stories on the deplorable state of sanitation in India and the negative influence this has on the country. While this may be welcome attention for those campaigning for increased government expenditure in the field of... Read more...
This paper explores spaces where urgent environmental health imperatives intersect with deeply entrenched cultural norms surrounding human waste and... Read more...
Scaling up rural sanitation in India depends on strong commitment by all the States and Districts to empower communities to take a leadership role in... Read more...
This paper examines the status, role and scope of knowledge management and networking in accelerating sanitation achievements in India and advocates... Read more...
Water for People (WfP) determines that microfinance helps release public funds to reach the poorest. Read more...
Using real data, we look at how the WASHCost calculator can be used in practice in India. Read more...
The government of Sagar island, together with Water For People, and other partners, aim to achieve full coverage of sanitation and water supply in... Read more...
Why are we are building low-cost latrines which may not be able to isolate harmful faecal matter from humans? Read more...
The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources to actually quantify this risk. Read more...