Thematic Overview Papers
Do you need to get up to speed quickly on current thinking about a critical issue in the field of water, sanitation and health?
Each TOP will contain enough immediate information to give a grounding in the topic concerned, with direct access to more detailed coverage of your own special interests, plus contact details of resource centres or individuals who can give local help.
HIV/AIDS and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
04 Sep 03
AIDS is not a water-related disease. HIV is not spread via contaminated water or poor hygiene. So why do we need a Thematic Overview Paper (TOP) on the influence of HIV/AIDS on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) sector?
Read more or download TOP2HIV_AIDS05.pdf (377.3 kB)
Overview - Thematic Overview Papers
03 Sep 03
TOPs are a web-based initiative from IRC. They combine a concise digest of recent experiences, expert opinions and foreseeable trends with links to the most informative publications, websites and research information.
Sanitation Policies
03 Sep 03
The absence of supportive policies to provide the basis for planning and implementing sanitation programmes is a missing link to improving coverage at a large scale. This TOP focuses on policies designed and implemented to effectively close this gap.
Read more or download sanpolicy.pdf (111.2 kB)
