West Africa Regional Sanitation and Hygiene Symposium, 3-5 Nov, Accra, Ghana
The bi-lingual West Africa Regional Symposium on Sanitation and Hygiene (3-5 Nov 2009, Accra, Ghana) brought together about 140 participants from 17 countries. It was jointly organised by the Resource Centre Network Ghana, UNICEF, West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI), WaterAid, and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, and supported by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
A wide range of experts and practitioners, coming from 11 different countries in West Africa, presented papers on issues such as Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), ecological sanitation, school sanitation and hygiene promotion. The presentations were used as an appetizer for more in-depth discussion in smaller groups of maximum 12 participants. The symposium provided a platform both for Anglophone and Francophone participants to share good practices and explore new ways forward.
A briefing note - West Africa Regional Symposium on Sanitation and Hygiene
This symposium briefing note provides an introduction to the papers presented and discussions held at the West Africa Regional Symposium on Sanitation and Hygiene, in Ghana, November 2009. (in English only)
Briefing_Note__WAfrica_Symposium_S&H_symposium_2009.pdf (1.5 MB)
Background paper: Sustainable sanitation and hygiene delivery in West Africa
Author: Prof Esi Awuah (PhD). The paper reiterates the importance of sanitation and hygiene delivery. There is a major section on the overview of sanitation in West Africa which highlighted several issues including institutional arrangement, technologies and approaches in sanitation and hygiene delivery, challenges in the sanitation sector and cost-effectiveness analysis using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) implications.
Breaking the silence around shit through Community Led Total Sanitation( CLTS) in Sierra Leone
Author: Mariama M. Zombo, Sierra Leone. This (draft) paper explores CLTS practitioners’ experiences, and describes how the Government, NGOs and communities have been able to break the silence over shit through social mobilization.
Can sewerage be pro-poor? Lessons from Dakar
Author: Guy J. Norman, United Kingdom. This paper presents a brief overview of sewerage systems in West African cities, then reports initial findings of the ongoing evaluation of the Dakar settled sewerage schemes, and finally considers how ongoing sewerage investments might be made more pro-poor.
Community approaches to Total Sanitation – triggering and sustaining sanitation behaviour change in West Africa
Author: Jane Bevan and Ann Thomas, Unicef Senegal. Based on experiences to date with community sanitation, UNICEF’s programming is guided by principles collectively called Community Approaches to Total Sanitation or ‘CATS’. These principles provide a common platform among regional approaches while allowing for context specific adaptations in methodology.
Community Led Total Sanitation - a low-cost approach to improved health and hygiene for rural communities
Authors: A. Abie Joy ,B. Immanuel and C. James, Sierra Leone. This photo essay is about the introduction of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach in Sierra Leone. This approach has created amazing practical results by ensuring a low cost-high impact community based approach to deliver improved hygiene behaviours and practice using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) process as modified in the CLTS context.
CSOs sanitation & hygiene advocacy & awareness interventions in post conflict Liberia
Author: Mr. Prince D. Kreplah, Liberia. (Draft paper) The need for Civil Society advocacy to influence policy on both government and donors’ side is key. The paper gives an overview of the activities undertaken by the Liberia Civil Society Organizations Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Working Group. It also provides challenges and some lessons learned.
Ecological Sanitation (ECOSAN): a new sanitation approach in Senegal
Author: Fodé Abou CAMARA, Senegal. As a new approach, Ecological Sanitation has been introduced in Senegal since 2002. The population has accepted to use the urine diverting dry toilets as well as the sanitized products as agricultural fertiliser and soil conditioner.
Etude des aspects techniques, institutionnels et socio économiques du recyclage des déchets solides dans la préfecture de l’Est Mono au Togo
Auteurs: ASSIH B. head of sanitation and hygiene service of centre Lomé community; ASSOUTOM K. Togo water Company; AYITE K., Togo. The prefecture of the East-Mono has an area of 2474 km2 and a population of 84,665 inhabitants. She is facing enormous problems of hygiene and sanitation especially the wrong management of solid household waste. Uncontrolled discharges are common practices...
Evaluation of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) In Ghana
Authors: Demedeme-N. L . & Nutsugah-P (Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development) Ghana. Within the Ghanaian government structure, the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) is the body responsible for the implementation of a National Environmental Sanitation Policy, within which, the concept of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) has been acknowledged as the preferred approach to scale-up rural sanitation and hygiene in Ghana.
