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.
Expérience Unicef /Aide et Action dans la promotion de l’hygiène et de l’assainissement en milieux communautaire et scolaire dans la région de Zinder au Niger
Auteurs: Moustapha Niang, et Ali Amadou, Niger. Faced with the problem of hygiene and sanitation in the region of Zinder, and to support the Government of Niger, UNICEF in partnership with the NGO Action Aid has designed the “Project for Promotion of Hygiene and Sanitation in the Communities and Schools environments (PHSCS).
Factors influencing Point-of-Use (PoU) water interventions in Ghana: considerations for designing a behaviour change strategy
Authors: Sumaila S. Saaka, Ghana and Lonna B. Shafritz, USA. This paper, based on a literature review that has been updated, summarizes recent literature in Ghana related to diarrhoeal disease prevalence, access to improved drinking water, and household water storage and treatment practices (including different treatment technologies).
Faecal sludge management in Madina, Ghana
Authors: Prince Antwi Agyei, Esi Awuah, and S. Oduro-Kwarteng (Ghana). This paper presents and discusses FS management arrangements in residential areas and basic schools at Madina in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Forging partnership for sanitation development in Nigeria through National Task Group on Sanitation
Authors: Z.O. Agberemi, L.A. Salihu & J. Elejire, Nigeria. The National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS) inaugurated in 2002 with the main tasks of developing National Water-Sanitation Policy and supporting sanitation development has membership from all relevant Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as wells as International Development Partners, NGOs and Media.
How behaviour change approaches helped improve hygiene and sanitation practices in Northern Ghana
Authors: Sumaila S. Saaka, Ghana and Lonna Shafritz, USA. This photo essay presents the process of engagement of Ghanaian WAWI partners with behaviour change and their adoption of successful hygiene promotion strategies.
Hygiene and sanitation promotion in semi-arid area context: case of Niger
Authors: Amadou Mamane and Almoustapha Garba, Niger. This paper describes the hygiene and sanitation component of the Niger Rural Water and Health Project, which focuses on the prevention and management of diseases resulting from inadequate sanitation facilities.
Improving food hygiene in Africa where vegetables are irrigated with polluted water
Authors: Philip Amoah, Pay Drechsel Robert C. Abaidoo and Ernest M. Abraham, Ghana. Due to inappropriate and inadequate urban sanitation infrastructure in Ghana wastewater from households and other facilities ends up in nearby water bodies, which are often used as sources of irrigation water.
Integrating water, environment and sanitation hygiene education into family life education (FLE) in schools: the proposed IFLPHHE model
Author: David Ogewu Ochi, Nigeria. A review of existing Family Life Education (FLE) programs in schools revealed the neglect of water, sanitation, environmental health, and hygiene issues. Majority of young persons are not adequately informed about these issues although knowledge is high on HIV and other Reproductive Health (RH) issues.
L'assainissement Total Piloté par les Communautés dans l'Est du Cameroun
Auteur: D. Bandji, Ministry of Energy and Water, Cameroon. The Eastern Region of Cameroon is a converging place of influx of Central African refugees and Chadians who live in difficult conditions. Basic sanitation infrastructure is almost nonexistent. The Government has adopted and implemented a new approach called: Community-Led Total Sanitation. This paper describes the results from the pilot phase which covered 10 villages with a population not exceeding 5250 inhabitants.
L’assainissement productif à Aguié, Niger : le secteur agricole prend le volant
Authors: Linus Dagerskog, Burkina Faso; Kailou Hamadou, Niger; Issoufou Hadidjatou, Niger. It is possible that agricultural production is the engine of rural sanitation. In the department of Aguié, south of the Niger, the "Productive Sanitation - Aguié" project create demand for sanitation through participatory experimentation, where hygienised urine is tested as liquid fertilizer.
