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.
New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt
28 Feb 12
New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt Source: Daily News Egypt – February 24, 2012 CAIRO: Egypt has made good progress towards increasing access to sanitation in urban areas but access to waste water treatment in rural …Continue reading →
New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt
28 Feb 12
New study analyzes options for wastewater treatment in Lower Egypt Source: Daily News Egypt – February 24, 2012 CAIRO: Egypt has made good progress towards increasing access to sanitation in urban areas but access to waste water treatment in rural …Continue reading →
Focusing Attention on the Critical Role of Gender in Water and Sanitation
25 Feb 12
While women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, gaps remain in many areas, including water and sanitation. For example, a recent study in 44 developing countries found that women carry water more often than men by a ration of …Continue reading →
Focusing Attention on the Critical Role of Gender in Water and Sanitation
25 Feb 12
While women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, gaps remain in many areas, including water and sanitation. For example, a recent study in 44 developing countries found that women carry water more often than men by a ration of …Continue reading →
Scientific American – Wasting Away: Can a Gates Foundation-Funded Toilet-Design Initiative End a Foul Practice?
24 Feb 12
Wasting Away: Can a Gates Foundation-Funded Toilet-Design Initiative End a Foul Practice in the Developing World? A low-tech plumbing challenge searches for the “iPad of commodes” By Jim Nash | Scientific American, Feb 21, 2012 Chances are that if you …Continue reading →
Marketing Human Excreta: A Study of Possible Ways to Dispose of Urine and Faeces
23 Feb 12
Marketing Human Excreta: A Study of Possible Ways to Dispose of Urine and Faeces from Slum Settlements in Kampala, Uganda, 2011. E Schroeder, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). (Full-text) Some key findings include: High sociocultural barriers associated with handling and …Continue reading →
Behavioral Determinants of Handwashing with Soap in Senegal and Peru: Emergent Learning
23 Feb 12
A new Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Learning Note found that beliefs and ease of access to soap and water were correlated with handwashing with soap behaviors for given proxy measures among mothers and caretakers in Peru and Senegal. “Behavioral …Continue reading →
Six key solutions for pro-poor WASH financing
20 Feb 12
Financing water and sanitation improvements for the very poor remains a major challenge over large areas of the globe. In the lead-up to World Water Forum 2012, sector specialists throughout the world have been asked to report specific solutions for …Continue reading →
WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Ecological Sanitation
17 Feb 12
Issue 43 February 17, 2012 | A Focus on Ecological Sanitation This WASHplus Weekly contains recent studies, guidelines, and videos on ecological sanitation. Ecological sanitation, or Ecosan, is not a specific technology but an approach to sanitation that regards sanitized …Continue reading →
BRAC to contribute to Sanitation Updates with sanitation initiatives
16 Feb 12
BRAC has an extensive WASH progamme which aims to bring sustainable water and sanitation services to over 37 million people in Bangladesh. The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre has been supporting BRAC’s WASH programmes with technical assistance since 2007. …Continue reading →
