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.
Sanitation as a business – the poor will have to wait
28 Mar 13
Providing toilets to the poorest may be “dear to the hearts of many non-profits, aid agencies and governments” but if you want to involve business you have to start with the better-off families first. So says business woman and sanitation …Continue reading →
Matt Damon continues his global crusade for toilets
27 Mar 13
As a follow-up to his “toilet strike” last month, actor Matt Damon narrates a new water.org video promoting sanitation and clean water that was released on World Water Day. “Quick, what invention saved the most lives in human history? The …Continue reading →
Global Sanitation Fund helps 1.4 million people gain improved sanitation
26 Mar 13
The Global Sanitation Fund Progress Report 2012, a new report from the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), details programmatic results, reporting methodology and financial data from Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programmes in Africa and Asia. In 10 countries …Continue reading →
Top 10 Finalists of the Sanitation Hackathon App Challenge announced
25 Mar 13
On World WaterDay, 22 March, the World Bank announced the Top 10 Finalists of the Sanitation Hackathon App Challenge. The challenge is a follow-up to the Sanitation Hackathon, which attracted over 1,100 developers in December 2012 to solve sanitation problems. The …Continue reading →
Pit Latrines and Their Impacts on Groundwater Quality: A Systematic Review
25 Mar 13
Pit Latrines and Their Impacts on Groundwater Quality: A Systematic Review. Environ Health Perspect, March 22, 2013. doi:10.1289/ehp.1206028 Full text Jay P. Graham and Matthew L. Polizzotto. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Department of Global Health, George Washington …Continue reading →
BRAC WASH offers to help half a million Indian imams promote hygiene
25 Mar 13
On WaterCouch.tv, Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp shares a practical example of international water cooperation that emerged during the 2013 World Water Day celebrations in The Hague, The Netherlands. In one of the sessions, BRAC WASH programme director Dr Babar Kabir explained that …Continue reading →
Jay Graham – Selling toilets in Cambodia: WaterSHED style
20 Mar 13
Filed under: Campaigns and Events, East Asia & Pacific, Hygiene Promotion Tagged: Cambodia, sanitation marketing, WaterSHED
Empirical Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation…
20 Mar 13
Empirical Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation Access to Fecal-Associated Health Impacts RFA#:WASH2013-001 Status:Posted:March 18, 2013 Questions Due:Monday, April 1, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) Applications Due: Monday, April 29, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) …Continue reading →
Desk Review Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density…
20 Mar 13
Desk Review Study of Urban WASH Impacts: Research on the Relationship of Population Density and Neighborhood-Level Sanitation Access to Fecal-Associated Health Impacts RFA#:WASH2013-002 Status:Current Posted:March 18, 2013 Questions Due:Monday, April 1, 2013, 5:00pm (EST) Applications Due:Monday, April 29, 2013, 5:00pm …Continue reading →
Water and sanitation crusader killed in Karachi attack
16 Mar 13
Perveen Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute (OPP-RTI), was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday 13 March 2013. The internationally acclaimed and widely replicated project that she led, succeeded in bringing low-cost sanitation to Karachi’s …Continue reading →
