Sanitation
Sanitation refers to issues around human excreta: disposal, collection, treatment, transfer and re-use in whatever form. Safe sanitation refers to the secure and effective management of human excreta, including treatment and re-use, and widespread usage of safe toilets. On this page you will find news updates on sanitation, as well as information on:
- Sanitation for the Urban Poor: IRC Symposium 2008
- Learning and Sharing Workshops
- IRC Track Record on Sanitation
- Projects
- Publications
Sanitation Updates
This news feed on sanitation is maintained by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and by USAID’s WASHplus project. It was originally set up to promote the 2008 International Year of Sanitation and continues to provide news, information and resources in support of achieving the goal of sanitation for all.
Learning and Sharing Workshops
In 2007 IRC started organising regional learning and sharing workshops on sanitation and hygiene. One of the main objectives of such a gathering is to get key players and practitioners to focus on “what works” and “what doesn’t work” in the area of sanitation and hygiene. These workshops are a potential first step in the development of a community of practice on sanitation and hygiene.
Sanitation for the Urban Poor
The IRC symposium ‘Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Partnerships and Governance’ (19 – 21 November 2008, Delft, the Netherlands) brought together a wide range of experts and practitioners to provide a platform to share good practices and explore new ways forward. Ensuring sustainable sanitation services to the urban poor poses many challenges for which answers have not yet been found.
Publications
Publications on sanitation by IRC, as well as articles, papers and publications published by other organisations.
IRC Track record on sanitation
Examples of earlier sanitation and hygiene work carried out by IRC.
What's new here?
- CRA Handout - Bertha Macheve
- Lusaka L&S Video Report
- Sanitation in Developing Countries Presentation - Julius Isha...
- Sanitation in Rapidly Growing Towns: Where to go for more inf...
- Lusaka Learning and Sharing Session Report November 2011
- Challenges acknowledged but ignorance continued: WASH depriva...
- Looking beyond capital costs: life-cycle costing for sustaina...
- Introductory paper: By all and forever
- The BRAC WASH programme: describing the core operational appr...
- Faecal sludge management in Bangladesh: an issue that needs u...
