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.
May #MENSTRAVAGANZA – WASH United’s menstrual hygiene campaign
13 May 13
“If women can have moustaches we can all talk about menstruation”. With this message WASH United kicked off May MENSTRAVAGANZA, a 28-day campaign to raise awareness and break the silence around menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Messages are posted on the campaign …Continue reading →
India, Bihar: rapes ’caused by lack of toilets’
13 May 13
The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies [1] from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources …Continue reading →
Sri Lanka: new partnership tackles fecal sludge management
13 May 13
An international research institute is helping the government of Sri Lanka to improve septage management in the country. On 8 May 2013, the Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage signed a Memorandum …Continue reading →
Sanitation promotion history: US New Deal posters
11 May 13
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the US Government launched a series of economic programmes collectively known as the New Deal. The largest of these programmes, run by WPA, the Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects …Continue reading →
100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly – March 2011 to May 4, 2013
09 May 13
Below are links to the past 100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly on various sanitation and other topics. We welcome suggestions on how to make the Weekly more useful. 2013 May 4: Water & Food Security Apr 26: Focus on Cookstoves & …Continue reading →
Rose George – Reflections on menstrual hygiene management
07 May 13
Published on May 3, 2013 - Presentation by Rose George (journalist and author of ‘The Big Necessity’ http://www.rosegeorge.com) at “Making connections: Women, sanitation and health” event. Filed under: Dignity and Social Development, Sanitation and Health Tagged: Rose George
SHARE – Making connections: Women, sanitation and health
07 May 13
Published on May 3, 2013 – “Making connections: Women, sanitation and health” took place on 29th April 2013 at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). It was convened by LSHTM and WaterAid as partners of the SHARE Research …Continue reading →
Save Lives, Clean your Hands – BRAC video
07 May 13
The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh has produced a new handwashing promotion video. It shows slides of handwashing promotion sessions for different groups (children, adolescent girls, women, men), as well as for schools, village WASH committees and mosques (imams). The video was …Continue reading →
100th issue of the WASHplus Weekly
06 May 13
Below are links to the 100 issues of the WASHplus Weekly that have been compiled since March 2011 on WASH and Indoor Air Pollution issues. We welcome suggestions for future Weekly topics and also any suggestions on how to make it …Continue reading →
Educational cartoon boosts worm infection prevention
03 May 13
Educational cartoon boosts worm infection prevention | Source: News-Medical, Apr 29, 2013 | Researchers in China have found that a health education package targeted at schoolchildren can improve hygiene behaviors and reduce the incidence of soil-transmitted helminth infection. The study, published in …Continue reading →
