Hygiene Promotion & Sanitation
The promotion of better hygiene, alone, or in combination with better water supply and/or sanitation, can have a major impact on reducing disease prevalence and public and private health costs.
Local Initiatives for Better Hygiene: Four case studies from Asia
11 Jan 07
This publication contains four case studies from Asia in which the authors have analysed initiatives in their own countries that aimed to improve hygiene behaviour in individual communities. The prime purpose of this publication is to present readers with experiences and analyses that may help them to improve their own approaches and to offer encouragement to those wanting to initiate hygiene promotion activities at community level.
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The Value of Environmental Sanitation - Case studies
12 Dec 06
This paper includes eight case studies on environmental sanitation in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin-America, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Bangladesh Philippines, Mexico and Peru.
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Smart Sanitation Solutions
14 Mar 06
Smart Sanitation Solutions contains examples of low-cost technologies for toilets, collection, transportation, treatment and use of sanitation products.
Read more or download SSS_2006.pdf (1.6 MB)
Hygiene Promotion
04 Jan 06
This Thematic Overview Paper (TOP) is about the aims and the impact of hygiene promotion. Effective hygiene promotion reduces the main risky hygiene practices and conditions for women, children and men. It does so in a measurable way, to a significant level, in a pre-set period and within available resources.
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Booklet 2: Findings from a multi-country research study and implications for water and sanitation programmes
08 Dec 04
Booklet 2 describes the research findings and the implications these findings have for water and sanitation programmes.
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Booklet 1: Lessons learned on research methodologies and research implementation from a multi country research study
08 Dec 04
Booklet 1 one describes methodological issues related to the research.
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Sustainability of hygiene behaviour and the effectiveness of change interventions
08 Dec 04
From 2000-2003 six research teams from six different countries in Asia and Africa undertook a research study into the effectiveness of hygiene promotion interventions and the sustainability of changes in hygiene behaviour. The experiences and findings gained through this research study are worth sharing.
HIV/AIDS and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
04 Sep 03
AIDS is not a water-related disease. HIV is not spread via contaminated water or poor hygiene. So why do we need a Thematic Overview Paper (TOP) on the influence of HIV/AIDS on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) sector?
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Sanitation Policies
03 Sep 03
The absence of supportive policies to provide the basis for planning and implementing sanitation programmes is a missing link to improving coverage at a large scale. This TOP focuses on policies designed and implemented to effectively close this gap.
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The Community-Managed Sanitation Programme in Kerala: learning from experience
01 Jan 96
Relates the experiences in the sanitation programme of the Socio-Economic Units (SEUs), which began in 1989 as a component of the rural water supply programme financed by the Indian, Dutch and Danish governments.
