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La population riveraine de la boulangerie Wend Konta située dans l’arrondissement de Sig-Noghin a manifesté son ral-le-bol ce mercredi 7 novembre 2012. La raison, elle dénonce la construction d’une fosse septique qui aurait des conséquences sur la santé des habitants se trouvant à proximité de... Read more...
The educational/promotional aspects relating to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and (maternal and newborn) health should be improved and addressed from pregnancy through to child care. Read more...
One of the most quoted WASH statistics was recently “downgraded”. For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, not $8 but “only” $4 is returned in economic returns through increased productivity. This recalculation, says WHO, is mainly a result of higher investment cost estimates and the more... Read more...
PHAST is a comprehensive approach to reduce diarrhoeal diseases. Read more...
Una sistematización de experiencias con el uso múltiple del agua en 14 comunidades en diferentes partes de Honduras revela que es una práctica casi universal, con impactos tanto en la economía familiar como en la sostenibilidad de los servicios. Read more...
In the third bi-annual Asia Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners’ workshop menstrual hygiene management was becoming an integral part of discussions. Both male and female participants felt comfortable to discuss this topic, a significant improvement after it was introduced in 2008 as being a... Read more...
Using data from formative research to focus messaging on mothers’ aspirations for their children and fine-tuning activities based on feedback from the field and household survey data have been key to developing and implementing a handwashing with soap behavior change program in Vietnam. Read more...
School menstrual hygiene management in Malawi : more than toilets, 2012. Full-text (pdf) SHARE; WaterAid This study identifies the needs and experiences of girls regarding menstruation. It draws upon participatory group workshops, a questionnaire and semi structured interviews with school-age girls... Read more...
Journal of Public Health in Africa, March 2012 Factors leading to poor water sanitation hygiene among primary school going children in Chitungwiza Full-text Blessing Dube, James January Although the world has progressed in the area of water and sanitation, more than 2.3 billion people still live... Read more...
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Learning Note found that beliefs and ease of access to soap and water were correlated with handwashing with soap behaviors for given proxy measures among mothers and caretakers in Peru and Senegal. Read more...
Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial Matthew C. Freeman, Leslie E. Greene, et al. Objectives There has been increased attention to access to water, sanitation and... Read more...
Cette note de synthèse a pour but de mettre en avant et de promouvoir un concept crucial pour garantir le fonctionnement continu des services d’approvisionnement en eau potable, d’hygiène et d’assainissement (AEPHA). Elle explique l’importance de la collecte, de l’analyse et de la budgétisation des... Read more...
Jon Lane, Directeur exécutif du Conseil de concertation pour l’approvisionnement en eau et l’assainissement (WSSCC): « Le chemin pour attirer plus de fonds vers l’assainissement, c’est d’être capable d’expliquer aux chefs d’Etats, que le financement de l’assainissement est un investissement … Read more...
Menstruation is normal and natural, but menstrual requirements of women and adolescent girls have been ignored in sanitation. This section mentions useful sources on this subject. Read more...
This presentation describes the WASH in Schools activities of the BRAC-WASH program in Bangladesh. Along with financial support from school authorities, BRAC WASH is constructing separate sanitary latrines for girls with menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools. It also addresses the... Read more...
Ce guide publié par le “Global Water Initiative (GWI)” explique pas à pas comment construire une latrine familiale à simple fosse. Il a été conçu pour servir d’assistance technique aux familles en Afrique de l’Ouest ayant pris la décision de … Read more...
This paper is compiled to share the experience of the project’s various activities related to hygiene promotion. It includes a description of applied participatory methods for behavioural change at different levels in crisis-ridden, vulnerable rural communities of Pakistan. Read more...
Sanitation Updates is selected as the sector example of blogging by Waterlines in its Webwatch section on New media. The 30th anniversary paper version arrived on 24 November 2011. Read more...
Interview with IRC's Dick de Jong about the need for sanitation facilities in schools. Read more...
Communications for behaviour change: You can find Coca Cola in slums, but not toilets. Products charged with emotion and passion spread most quickly. Read more...