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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
SHARE – Request for proposals: The effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India
21 Feb 13
Feb 21, 2013 – The SHARE Research Consortium is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research into the effects of poor sanitation on girls and women in India. Proposals must be led or co-led by an Indian research institution and must address …Continue reading →
An interview with Babar Kabir on the BRAC WASH programme
21 Feb 13
Reblogged from WASH news Asia & Pacific: Babar Kabir is the Senior Director at BRAC and programme director of the BRAC WASH programme. He talks to IRC's Joep Verhagen about this huge programme, the importance of the Village WASH Committee, …Continue reading →
WaterAid Australia – Webinar on Sanitation Marketing and Community-led Total Sanitation
06 Feb 13
The Sanitation Marketing Community of Practice (www.sanitationmarketing.com) managed by WaterAid Australia on behalf of the Australian WASH Reference Group is pleased to announce our fourth webinar! Webinar 4: Sanitation Marketing and Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Date: Thursday 7th February 2013 …Continue reading →
ICDDRB – Update on WASH and hygiene practices
28 Jan 13
Study reveals impact of combined water and sanitation interventions in rural Bangladesh | Source: ICDDRB, Jan 25, 2013 A study by icddr,b researchers has demonstrated how combined water and sanitation interventions can significantly improve basic hygiene practices in rural communities. …Continue reading →
WaterAid’s Hygiene Framework
25 Jan 13
This document sets out WaterAid’s framework for hygiene promotion and behaviour change in the countries where it works. It will also help organisations that work on hygiene in the context of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes. WaterAid has developed …Continue reading →
Save Lives: Clean Your Hands – 5 May 2013
23 Jan 13
This annual global campaign on 5 May supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) effort to improve hand hygiene in health care and thus prevent often life threatening healthcare-associated infections (HAI). It was launched in 2009 as a follow-up to WHO’s First …Continue reading →
Global Review of Sanitation System Trends and Interactions with Menstrual Management Practices
11 Jan 13
Global Review of Sanitation System Trends and Interactions with Menstrual Management Practices, 2012. Full text, pdf (5.4MB) Kjellén, M., C. Pensulo, P. Nordqvist and M. Fogde. Stockholm Environment Institute. This review of sanitation system trends and interactions with menstrual management …Continue reading →
Sanitation and Hygiene Policy – Stated Beliefs and Actual Practice: Burera District, Rwanda
08 Jan 13
Sanitation and Hygiene Policy – Stated Beliefs and Actual Practice: A Case Study in the Burera District, Rwanda, 2012. Link to full text, (pdf) Nelson Ekane, Madeleine Fogde, Marianne Kjellén and Stacey Noel. Stockholm Environment Institute. In Rwanda, sanitation and …Continue reading →
