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.
UNICEF - 6 in 10 Africans remain without access to proper toilet
20 Mar 08
GENEVA, 20 March 2008 – Sixty-two percent of Africans do not have access to an improved sanitation facility — a proper toilet — which separates human waste from human contact, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. A global report will be released later this year, however, preliminary data on [...]
New Virtual Village Explores Global Drinking Water Crisis
20 Mar 08
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 20 /PRNewswire/ — You may not be able totravel to a developing country and see the global water crisis first hand,but now you can visit WaterPartners Village — a virtual exploration ofthe water crisis — launching across social networking sites, like SecondLife, on World Water Day, March 22.“The purpose of [...]
World Water Day focuses on sanitation
20 Mar 08
With World Water Day being celebrated on 20 March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urged governments, businesses and NGOs alike to step up efforts to reduce uncontrolled dumping of waste in rivers - in both poor and rich nations.…“Sanitation, human health and the environment are inextricably linked. Adequate water supply and sanitation means a clean environment and [...]
On World Water Day, a mighty global thirst
20 Mar 08
Oceans splash across most of the earth’s surface. But they contain saltwater, unfit for human consumption. Only a tiny fraction of the world’s water – about 2.5 percent – is drinkable. That still would be an ample supply if it were clean and available where needed.It’s not. Today some 1.2 billion people lack access to [...]
Nigeria: FG Backs Construction of 1m Latrines
20 Mar 08
The Federal Government has expressed willingness to support the construction of one million latrines throughout the country.In his welcome address at the celebration of the 2008 World Water Day, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma, said the ministry will collaborate with other relevant agencies in the sanitation sub-sector to attain [...]
WHO - 10 facts on sanitation
20 Mar 08
Lack of sanitation facilities forces people to defecate in the open, in rivers or near areas where children play or food is prepared. This increases the risk of transmitting disease. The Ganges river in India has 1.1 million litres of raw sewage dumped into it every minute, a startling figure considering that one gram of [...]
Germany - Welthungerhilfe calls for greater sanitation measures
20 Mar 08
Bonn, 19.03.2008. Welthungerhilfe is calling for greater measures to improve sanitation and hygiene facilities in international development projects as well as emergency aid. “This isn’t a popular subject,” explains Martin Wolff, Welthungerhilfe’s Programme Manager for Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, “but installing latrines and raising hygiene awareness are essential if people’s health is to improve in [...]
Opportunities for Sanitation Marketing in Uganda
20 Mar 08
In October 2007, a team of consultants from the Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) visited Uganda to determine if sanitation marketing would be a viable approach in Uganda, and to make specific recommendations to HIP and the donor community that would move the sanitation marketing agenda forward. This report presents the key findings and recommendations stemming [...]
Kazakhstan - Improving water supply and sanitation
20 Mar 08
Improving water supply and sanitation in poor countries is essential to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty. What lessons to help meet this challenge can be learnt from a recent survey of water and sanitation in Kazakhstan?Research from the University of Nottingham in the UK and the United Nations Development Programme in [...]
Pakistan: Children and women lead the way to ‘total sanitation’ in earthquake zone
20 Mar 08
The School-Led Total Sanitation project was piloted by UNICEF in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in mid-2007. Drawing from experience gathered by UNICEF and its partners, the programme initiates change by developing useful health and hygiene skills in school to encourage life-long positive habits.“With this approach, we use teachers and children as entry points into the communities,” explains [...]
