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What about looking deep into on-going WASH programmes and analysing their strengths and weaknesses? What about designing innovative ways of measuring the effectiveness of these approaches? And what about testing adjustments to their activities to make the interventions even more effective? Read more...
This second blogpost of three on urban sanitation in Indonesia describes the mismatch between policy and practice. Politicians have set the ambitious target to make Indonesia open defecation free by 2019, but a recent visit to Indonesian municipalities makes me wonder whether striving for the end... Read more...
I've just come back from a brief trip to Indonesia to learn from the Urban Sanitation Development Program (USDP), arguably one of the most interesting programs out there for those interested in large-scale change in urban sanitation. In a series of three blogposts, I will discuss this program, its... Read more...
Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury from BRAC on the Bangladesh public health miracle, aid or trade, arsenic, floating latrines and the post-2015 development agenda. Read more...
In Bangladesh millions of toilets have been constructed. How do you know if they're being used safely? Smart new software may provide the solution. Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
IRC and the BRAC WASH programme's efforts in reaching out to men through the tea stall approach as informal meeting spaces for men to talk about hygiene in Bangladesh. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme has helped establish 80,000 Village WASH Committees, whose members are so engaged they're even going into politics. Read more...
A sanitation project's work is not finished with the installation of a pit latrine. What happens a year or two later, when the latrine is full? Read more...
Reflections by Dr Christine Sijbesma and Mahjabeen Ahmed on the QIS monitoring system. Read more...
BRAC's WASH activities reach more than 30 million people, and the Village WASH Committee (VWC) plays a crucial role. Read more...
Student Shahanaz Parveen can now openly talk about aspects of menstruation with other adolescent girls from her village and school. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme is fighting taboos around menstrual hygiene management. Read more...
A sub-district chairman and a schoolteacher/imam in Chittagong, Bangladesh talk to Dick de Jong about their roles in WASH delivery. Read more...
Faecal sludge from millions of pit latrines around the world is being dumped indiscriminately. What can be done to stop this new sanitation challenge? Read more...
Everywhere in the world, even the poorest families try to beautify their houses. Then why are low-cost latrines often so ugly, ask IRC's Christine Sijbesma and Erick Baetings. Read more...
A fan of the QIS system of participatory monitoring in Bangladesh came to The Hague to share her knowledge. Read more...
What is good about the monitoring system that we are using is that it is participatory so that respondents also get knowledge", says Senior Sector Specialist Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Mahjabeen Ahmed of the BRAC WASH II Programme. Read more...
Joep Verhagen quizzes BRAC's senior director and the BRAC WASH programme director about a range of WASH issues and innovations. Read more...
Innovative monitoring tools are being used to provide sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to almost 55 million people in Bangladesh. Read more...