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.
Financing sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
27 Nov 12
Reblogged from WASH Resources: This guide provides highly practical decision-making tools for identifying the type of financing mechanisms to be implemented for on-site sanitation and small-piped sewerage systems. The authors caution that the costs provided in the publication are for …Continue reading →
Renewed research call for faecal sludge secondary treatment options in Bangladesh
25 Nov 12
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre announces a renewed research call for: Faecal sludge secondary treatment technologies for challenging settings This call is part of the BRAC WASH II programme in which EUR 1.5 million will be used for innovative …Continue reading →
Toilets for health
21 Nov 12
To mark World Toilet Day, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in collaboration with Domestos has produced “Toilets for health”, a comprehensive report on toilets and sanitation. The report, rich in infographics, provides overview of the sanitation crisis …Continue reading →
Open defecation in white suburbia: WaterAid’s World Toilet Day video
19 Nov 12
A viral video showing a “woman risking her dignity and safety trying to find somewhere to go to the toilet in her neighbourhood” is at the centre of WaterAid’s 2012 World Toilet Day campaign. 1 in 3 women worldwide risk shame, …Continue reading →
Open defecation in white suburbia: WaterAid campaign film for World Toilet Day
19 Nov 12
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Conference explores faecal sludge management, a key link to up-scaling sanitation
16 Nov 12
Since many experts believe that flush toilets and sewerage are unaffordable for the large majority urban and rural communities, faecal sludge management (FSM) is seen as a key link to up-scaling sanitation. But do we need to reinvent the toilet …Continue reading →
WASHplus Weekly – Focus on World Toilet Day 2012
16 Nov 12
Issue 79 November 16, 2012 | Focus on World Toilet Day 2012 In 2001 the World Toilet Organization declared November the 19th as World Toilet Day (WTD). This year it will be celebrated in over 19 countries with over 51 …Continue reading →
The Public Toilet – interactive sculpture launch on World Toilet Day
14 Nov 12
This Saturday a four and a half metre tall squatting man will appear beside London’s Tower Bridge. The artists’ collective greyworld has created this huge interactive sculpture called The Public Toilet for World Toilet Day. With a screen on the …Continue reading →
Fifth Emergency Environmental Health Forum, London, UK, 17-19 December 2012
14 Nov 12
The focus of forum is the Public Health Promotion (PHP) aspect of water and sanitation programmes. Presentations on this theme address topics such as new technologies and hygiene promotion, menstrual hygiene management, metrics for assessing the impact of hygiene promotion …Continue reading →
SEI and SuSanA to lead new sanitation learning & sharing platform for Gates Foundation
10 Nov 12
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has chosen the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) to lead a new sanitation learning and sharing platform. The Gates Foundation’s Sanitation Science and Technology Programme has over 80 projects. …Continue reading →
