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.
Uganda - Kalyango to Be Model Health Village
03 Apr 08
THE district has launched a campaign to make Kalyankoko Landing Site a model village in health and sanitation. Located on Lake Wamala in Maanyi sub-county, the landing site has been one of the worst in sanitation. This is why the district health department selected it.The Maanyi sub-county LC3 chairman, Leonard Ntambi, said the people suffered [...]
Pakistan well on its way to achieving Millennium Development Goals
03 Apr 08
Wednesday, 02 April 2008 Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has said that Pakistan is well on its way to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially for reducing to half the proportion of people lacking basic sanitation services by 2015, and moving onwards to our vision-2030, for ensuring sanitation for all. “The government is committed to [...]
Philippines: Sanitation in public facilities urged
03 Apr 08
Sanitation in public facilities urgedBy Rachelle NessiaDumaguete City (3 April) — A high-ranking government official has called on local chief executives to make sure that sanitation is observed in public facilities in their localities.Ramon Alikpala, executive director of the National Water Resources Board, said in a press conference yesterday that public places such as city [...]
Cote d’Ivoire: Clean up campaign for hospitals
03 Apr 08
ABIDJAN, 31 March 2008 (IRIN) - Hygiene in most hospitals in Cote d’Ivoire is so low that the ministry of health has launched a nationwide clean-up campaign. […] The director of public health Alexandre N’Guessan said he believed that most of the infections occur because medical waste has not been properly disposed of as health [...]
Angola: Flooding brings surge in cholera
02 Apr 08
Widespread flooding in southern Angola has been blamed for a surge in cholera, with 4,500 cases of the waterborne disease reported this year, and 150 fatalities.[…]“Stagnant ponds create further breeding sites for malaria-carrying mosquitoes; wells and latrines have been contaminated with floodwater, and local communities are cut off from their usual water sources. Without [...]
India - Deep in filth
02 Apr 08
While India celebrates the International Year of Sanitation, little has been done for the abolition of the degrading work of manual scavenging.…Bezwada Wilson, national convenor of Safai Karamachari Andolan, told Hardnews, “For us it’s not just about how much they (scavengers) earn. We are looking at it as a work below human dignity. They are [...]
Engineers Without Borders - Water, Sanitation, Public Health in Honduras
01 Apr 08
The Virginia Hospital Center Medical Brigade (VHCMB), through its Remote Village Project, has partnered with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to provide potable water and sanitation to the community of Valle Bonito. Further information about the project and instructions on how to donate funds for the project are at the link below:ewb-honduras.pdf [...]
India - Rotary Club to construct 104 toilets
01 Apr 08
BHUBANESWAR: In a novel initiative aimed at providing proper sanitation facilities to the deprived sections, Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar, Toshali, has got into constructing a pucca toilet for each household at the Gandahrpur village under Kalyanpur Panchayat of Bhubaneswar block.The club has adopted the entire village for execution of its Total Sanitation programme and develop [...]
Philippines - USAid helps in Oro sanitation
01 Apr 08
MAYOR Constantino G. Jaraula on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an American company supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) for the implementation of a sanitation project in Cagayan de Oro City.The MOU was formally sealed with Jaraula signing on behalf of the City Government and Lisa Kircher Lumbao [...]
Mexico - Conagua approves US$168mn for sanitation of Balsas river
01 Apr 08
Mexico’s national water authority Conagua approved a budget of 1.8bn pesos (US$168mn) for sanitation and infrastructure projects along the Balsas river, which flows through eight states in the country’s central region, the entity reported in a release.Read More - Business News America
