This presentation describes how the NGO Splash uses schools as catalysts to promote city-wide community water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage. Read more...
A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
A discussion on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Read more...
The 2018 International Menstrual Hygiene Day commemoration in Uganda started off with a one-day symposium in Kampala, during which actors were advised to take the MHM message to girls and women outside the school context. Read more...
This study provides new evidence that WASH access and practices are associated with self-reported reproductive tract infection symptoms in rural... Read more...
Interventions that ensure women have access to private facilities with water for Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and that educate women about... Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
A Bollywood film has raised awareness about menstrual hygiene, but there's more to it than just sanitary pads. Read more...
We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential. Read more...
There is a need to prepare Jordanian school‐aged girls for menstruation before menarche. Read more...
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries. Read more...
Achieving SDG6 needs continued dedication but sometimes appreciation of hard work is welcome. Read more...
Interview with Aboubacar Camara from Tinkisso-Antenna about experiences in the Safe Water Programme Phase II. Read more...
Au Burkina Faso comme dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, les spécialistes de l’assainissement et de l’hygiène sont divisés à l’issue des OMD, sur les modèles de promotion de l’hygiène et de l’assainissement dans les ménages. Read more...
We need to move beyond the easy option of coercion, humiliation and threats to stop open defecation. Read more...
Sanitation and malnutrition: challenges and opportunities Read more...
Menstrual cups (MCs) are acceptable among schoolgirls in rural Uganda and can be an acceptable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly menstrual... Read more...
In 2008, the Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All programme started supporting the government of Bhutan in developing a new approach to sanitation and hygiene. The programme focuses on fostering positive hygiene behaviour change, building demand for improved sanitation, encouraging private sector solutions, and developing effective WASH governance at all levels. It builds on what the community has already accomplished in other areas.
After seven years, there is wide spread recognition that the approach works really well and has been fully endorsed by the Ministry of Health in 2010. With the help of SNV, UNICEF and the Red Cross, the programme has now reached nine of the twenty districts, mobilising families and communities to invest in improved sanitation, without subsidies. To date, 24 sub-districts have reached 100% access to improved sanitation. The government of Bhutan has now made sanitation and hygiene a priority, committing to increasing rural access to improved sanitation and hygiene from 54% to more than 80% by 2018. While this is a big step in the right direction, there is not enough funding available to support this commitment.
Mr. Rinchen Wangdi, Chief of the Public Health Engineering Division said, "Achieving the goals Bhutan has set will require strong leadership and investment from the government (an investment of USD 2.7 per person leads to improved sanitation and hygiene practices district-wide). This means prioritising sanitation and hygiene in budgets, in plans, and in the minds of our local leaders." He added, "If we can do that, we can achieve universal access in Bhutan."
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