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.
Call for proposals – Global Sanitation Fund Country Programme Monitor for a Sanitation & Hygiene Programme in Senegal
17 Jan 12
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. The GSF, together with the Programme …Continue reading →
Call for proposals – Global Sanitation Fund Country Programme Monitor for a Sanitation & Hygiene Programme in Senegal
17 Jan 12
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) established the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) to provide grant support to scale up successful sanitation and hygiene approaches targeting poor people in areas of greatest need. The GSF, together with the Programme …Continue reading →
Haiti: Twitter data accurately tracked cholera outbreak
16 Jan 12
Twitter messages were providing data that would have been a quicker way of detecting and tracking the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti than traditional methods, according to a study [1] published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. …Continue reading →
Haiti: Twitter data accurately tracked cholera outbreak
16 Jan 12
Twitter messages were providing data that would have been a quicker way of detecting and tracking the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti than traditional methods, according to a study [1] published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. …Continue reading →
Learning Fund – Menstrual Hygiene Management
13 Jan 12
Menstrual Hygiene Management, Learning Fund. Full-text (pdf) Menstrual hygiene management has long been taboo in many countries. During the learning events, participants talked about their efforts to break the silence, working with women and girls to ensure menstrual hygiene management …Continue reading →
Learning Fund – Menstrual Hygiene Management
13 Jan 12
Menstrual Hygiene Management, Learning Fund. Full-text (pdf) Menstrual hygiene management has long been taboo in many countries. During the learning events, participants talked about their efforts to break the silence, working with women and girls to ensure menstrual hygiene management …Continue reading →
Research-Based Campaign Messaging is Critical for Sustaining Handwashing Behavior Change
10 Jan 12
Using data from formative research to focus messaging on mothers’ aspirations for their children and fine-tuning activities based on feedback from the field and household survey data have been key to developing and implementing a handwashing with soap behavior change …Continue reading →
Research-Based Campaign Messaging is Critical for Sustaining Handwashing Behavior Change
10 Jan 12
Using data from formative research to focus messaging on mothers’ aspirations for their children and fine-tuning activities based on feedback from the field and household survey data have been key to developing and implementing a handwashing with soap behavior change …Continue reading →
Mozambique – Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions
10 Jan 12
Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique, October 2011. Full-text (pdf) Chris Elbers, et al. The One Million Initiative of the Government of Mozambique aims at supplying access to clean drinking water and …Continue reading →
Mozambique – Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions
10 Jan 12
Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique, October 2011. Full-text (pdf) Chris Elbers, et al. The One Million Initiative of the Government of Mozambique aims at supplying access to clean drinking water and …Continue reading →
