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.
Sierra Leone - Rokupa-Portee Wharf Faces Poor Sanitation
14 Apr 08
As the rainy season approaches, fears of a cholera outbreak have spurred the chief of Rokupa-Portee Warf to ask for help from government for his community. Highly congested and overpopulated, the Wharf is situated in the eastern part of Freetown on the sea.The shamble houses of fishermen and wood sellers fill a densely packed cove [...]
Uganda: 400 Die of Diarrhoeal Diseases Daily
14 Apr 08
11 April 2008, Posted to the web 14 April 2008, Juliet Waiswa and Aidah Nanyonyo, KampalaOVER 400 people die of diarrhoeal-related diseases each day in Uganda, the assistant commissioner in charge of environmental health, Paul Luyima has said. Luyima was opening a workshop to raise awareness on the need to intergrate sanitation issues in HIV/AIDS [...]
Mozambique - Singer shines light on sanitation
14 Apr 08
Mozambican musician who campaigns for clean water and sanitation has been awarded a top environmental prize.Feliciano dos Santos won a Goldman Environmental Prize for using his music star status to raise awareness about health, water and HIV/Aids issues.Read More - BBC News
Indonesia: Govt focuses on climate-related health
14 Apr 08
The government is launching a campaign to protect and secure natural resources, such as water, saying climate change is seriously affecting Indonesians’ health and is a burden on the national health system.Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari, speaking during a World Health Day event here Sunday, said, “Climate change is directly and indirectly profoundly affecting people’s [...]
AfricaSan 2008 presentations online
14 Apr 08
All the Powerpoint presentations made at the AfricaSan 2008 conference, held in February in Durban, are now available online.There are presentations on:Status of sanitation and hygiene in AfricaSub-regional and country papersCase studies on sanitation in low-income and rural areas, and large-scale hygiene programmesCommunity-Lead Total Sanitation and sanitation marketingPartnerships for hygiene and handwashing Sanitation [...]
Sanitation and the Global Monitoring Report 2008
11 Apr 08
Chapter: Water and SanitationWhile wide agreement exists on the need for adequate water and sanitation, progress has been slow, particularly compared with progress on other MDGs. (…) The most recent assessment suggests that the world is roughly on target for reaching the MDG goal of halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe [...]
Philippines: LGUs told to observe sanitation in facilities
11 Apr 08
The executive director of the National Water Resources Board in Dumaguete City is calling on local chief executives to make sure that sanitation is observed in public facilities in their localities. Ramon Alikpala of the NWRB said public places such as city and municipal halls should have safe, clean water and soap in the public [...]
Nigeria: Minister Faults Area Council Chairmen On Sanitation
11 Apr 08
Minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. James Akpanudoedehe, yesterday told the six local government chairmen in the FCT that he was not satisfied with their performance in the area of sanitation just as he enjoined them to make relative improvement to ensure that Abuja maintains its standard as a world class [...]
Kenya : Cholera outbreak kills 59
11 Apr 08
A cholera outbreak in Kenya has killed 59 people and lef t 1,200 people hospitalised over the last two months, affecting 16 different districts across northern and western Kenya, medical authorities confirmed on Thursday.Kenyan Director of Medical Services James Nyikal said since the first case was cited in January, the cholera outbreak has spread across the [...]
Uganda: Building closed for lacking latrines
10 Apr 08
By Luke Kagiri Health officials in Mityana town council have closed a building for lacking latrines. The complex, located in Toninyiramukange Market, belongs to the Mubende District Teachers’ Association. It houses shops, a metal workshop, a bar, restaurant and over 10 families. It is one of the busiest and biggest in the town. The assistant town clerk, Gonzaga Ssebulime, [...]
