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 than 2.3 billion people still live... Read more...
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 been increased attention to access to water, sanitation and... Read more...
Menstruation is normal and natural, but menstrual requirements of women and adolescent girls have been ignored in sanitation. This section mentions useful sources on this subject. Read more...
Ce guide publié par le “Global Water Initiative (GWI)” explique pas à pas comment construire une latrine familiale à simple fosse. Il a été conçu pour servir d’assistance technique aux familles en Afrique de l’Ouest ayant pris la décision de … Read more...
Sanitation Updates is selected as the sector example of blogging by Waterlines in its Webwatch section on New media. The 30th anniversary paper version arrived on 24 November 2011. Read more...
Interview with IRC's Dick de Jong about the need for sanitation facilities in schools. Read more...
Communications for behaviour change: You can find Coca Cola in slums, but not toilets. Products charged with emotion and passion spread most quickly. Read more...
Regional sanitation conferences have been a feature in the WASH sector for a decade since the first AfricaSan meeting in Johannesburg. At their inception they were a groundbreaking effort to get higher level elected government officials to prioritise sanitation and they have undoubtedly played a... Read more...
Around 30 percent of the national budget of Rwanda is made available to district authorities. Read more...
Each issue of WASHplus Weekly highlights new resources and publications on a wide range of topics related to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air quality (IAQ). Read more...
This daily newsletter brings you the latest news items, videos and publications spotted by sanitation experts. Read more...
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 experts from five countries (Nepal, Bhutan,... Read more...
Kathmandu (MPPW/SNV/IRC): 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 experts from five... Read more...
How can we make sanitation services last forever? Challenges, lessons and good practices were shared by participants and presenters at the AfricaSan 3 conference in Kigali, Rwanda held from 18 to 22 July 2011. IRC facilitated several sessions and a hands-on training seminar on applying the life-... Read more...
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 set of dedicated institutions and organisations? Will aid... Read more...
In 2009 gender specialists were asked to review the current Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program (ISSDP) activities. On the basis of these findings a gender strategy was developed for inclusion in the sanitation awareness campaigns and city sanitation strategies in Indonesia. Read more...
The positive momentum that is supporting the sanitation and hygiene campaign in Nigeria owes a great deal to Engr. Ebele Okeke, WSSCC’s “WASH Ambassador” in the country. Read more...
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, held in four continents, during... Read more...
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 education (... Read more...
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. Read more...