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.
External funding for WASH in Schools does not necessarily undermine national & local commitment
17 Oct 12
A narrow majority of participants in an e-debate did not think that external funding for WASH in Schools undermines national and local commitment. From 1 - 12 October 2012, 15 participants discussed the issue of external funding in the second of three e-debates inspired by the SWASH+ Project. One of the participants adequately summarised the debate noting “It is difficult to place oneself on the yes or no side of this argument. In an ideal situation – that most of us are striving for – school WASH would be provided by governments. This is the end game, but we are clearly not there yet.” Continue reading →
WASH by numbers: the latest on cost benchmarks, economic returns and handwashing
17 Oct 12
One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation [1], says the World Health Organization, is …Continue reading →
WASHplus Weekly – Global Handwashing Day 2012 Special Edition
12 Oct 12
Issue 74 October 12, 2012 | Global Handwashing Day 2012 Special Edition For Global Handwashing Day 2012, this Weekly issue contains a literature review of 2012 handwashing studies that was compiled by the Global Public-Private Partnership on Handwashing. The review summarizes studies on …Continue reading →
Sanitation surcharges collected through water bills: a way forward for financing pro-poor sanitation?
11 Oct 12
Market-driven models for sanitation in low-income areas are of unquestionable importance, but there is broad consensus that the market needs to be supported by some sort of public revenue stream. One approach to revenue generation is to include a sanitation …Continue reading →
Diarrhea and dengue control in rural primary schools in Colombia
09 Oct 12
Diarrhea and dengue control in rural primary schools in Colombia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2012, 13:182 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-182 Full text, pdf Hans J Overgaard, et al. Background – Diarrheal diseases and dengue fever are major global health …Continue reading →
Hi-tech toilets save lives – and mean big business
09 Oct 12
Hi-tech toilets save lives – and mean big business | Source: Matthew Wall, BBC Business News | Oct 8, 2012 In a world where 2.5 billion people still do not have access to basic sanitation facilities, and 1.5 million children …Continue reading →
Worms Clean Toxic Metals from Indian Soil
08 Oct 12
Worms Clean Toxic Metals from Indian Soil | Source: Ben Barber, Huffington Post | Oct 8, 2012 Worms, those squishy animals sought after by fishermen for bait and early birds for nutrition, have not got a new occupation — treating …Continue reading →
“We don’t talk about it at all !” The taboo of menstruation in rural Maharashtra
04 Oct 12
“We don’t talk about it at all !” The taboo of menstruation in rural Maharashtra, a major deterrent in achieving menstrual hygiene | Source: Urmila Chanam, IndiaWaterPortal, Oct 2, 2012 Priyanka, 13 and a chirpy adolescent girl studying in a …Continue reading →
Re-inventing toilet talk in India with cricket and Bollywood
03 Oct 12
Re-inventing toilet talk in India with cricket and Bollywood India is the reigning World Cricket Champion. But with 626 million Indians using fields, vacant lots or railroad tracks as their toilet, India is also the world’s open defecation capital, resulting …Continue reading →
USA: sanitation workers campaign against Mitt Romney
02 Oct 12
“We’re kind of like the invisible people. He doesn’t realize, you know, the service we provide,” says sanitation worker Richard Hayes, who has picked up the trash at Mitt Romney’s US$ 12 million Californian house. Hayes and fellow sanitation worker …Continue reading →
