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.
SHARE – Sanitation Markets: Using economics to improve the delivery of services
17 Jan 13
Sanitation Markets: Using economics to improve the delivery of services along the sanitation value chain, 2012. Full text, pdf Sophie Trémolet. SHARE. Conclusions In summary, a number of actions could be undertaken based on these findings: Make the case for …Continue reading →
Act Now! Let’s get handwashing and WASH into the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals plan
11 Jan 13
From Katie Carroll of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing Many of you are aware that the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be ending in 2015. Over the past two years, the United Nations and its partners have started a process …Continue reading →
Global Review of Sanitation System Trends and Interactions with Menstrual Management Practices
11 Jan 13
Global Review of Sanitation System Trends and Interactions with Menstrual Management Practices, 2012. Full text, pdf (5.4MB) Kjellén, M., C. Pensulo, P. Nordqvist and M. Fogde. Stockholm Environment Institute. This review of sanitation system trends and interactions with menstrual management …Continue reading →
Sanitation and Hygiene Policy – Stated Beliefs and Actual Practice: Burera District, Rwanda
08 Jan 13
Sanitation and Hygiene Policy – Stated Beliefs and Actual Practice: A Case Study in the Burera District, Rwanda, 2012. Link to full text, (pdf) Nelson Ekane, Madeleine Fogde, Marianne Kjellén and Stacey Noel. Stockholm Environment Institute. In Rwanda, sanitation and …Continue reading →
Uptake of hand washing with soap or soapy water from a large-scale cluster randomized community trial in urban Bangladesh
08 Jan 13
ICDDRB Health & Science Bulletin, 10(4) Dec 2012 Uptake of hand washing with soap or soapy water from a large-scale cluster randomized community trial in urban Bangladesh (pdf) Small-scale studies have shown that intensive hand washing promotion reduces disease, but there …Continue reading →
Why Toilets, Not Cell Phones, Are Key To Education Around The World
08 Jan 13
Why Toilets, Not Cell Phones, Are Key To Education Around The World Source: Forbes, Denise Restauri, Contributor, Jan 3, 2012 John Kluge’s Twitter profile: “Social Entrepreneur, Philanthropunk, Toilet Hacker, Co-Founder of Eirene, Resident Fellow @ewinstitute, Co-author Charity & Philanthropy for …Continue reading →
USAID/Afghanistan – Latrine & Sanitation Options Manual
08 Jan 13
Latrine & Sanitation Options Manual, 2010. USAID/Afghanistan Sustainable Water Supply & Sanitation Project. Download (pdf, 23MB) OBJECTIVE OF THIS MANUAL Poor sanitation is endemic across Afghanistan and exacts a heavy toll on public health. In response, the Ministry of Rural …Continue reading →
Kenya: Human waste woes in slums
08 Jan 13
Kenya: Human waste woes in slums NAIROBI/KISUMU, 27 December 2012 (IRIN) – The odour of human waste is unbearable at the pit latrine behind Nancy Anyango’s house in Manyatta, a sprawling slum in the western Kenya city of Kisumu. Nearby, …Continue reading →
BPD Blog – Learning from failure in sanitation
08 Jan 13
11th Sanitation Community of Practice (SanCop) meeting: learning from failure in sanitation by Aliki Zeri for BPD Water and Sanitation What do we mean when we talk about ‘failure’? How can NGOs in the development sector and in particular in …Continue reading →
Africa: AMCOW gets US$ 2 million Gates grant to build national sanitation capacities
08 Jan 13
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has been awarded a US$ 2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help countries build capacities for sanitation policy development, monitoring and advocacy. AMCOW will use the 3-year grant for: …Continue reading →
