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Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the session on monitoring behaviour-change outcomes for sanitation & hygiene at scale for all Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the joint session on cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions Read more...
This keynote paper will highlight four main trends in monitoring for sanitation and hygiene. Read more...
Our colleagues have been busy blogging about sanitation and hygiene services that last. Read about IRC's work with BRAC to monitor progress of the largest sanitation programme in the world: the BRAC WASH II programme in Bangladesh. The component on menstrual hygiene management is delivering strong... Read more...
In Kerala, local members of the ward water and sanitation committees visit each installed toilet three times: at completion, after one month and after three months. The visiting members look at the hygienic toilet and discuss use practices with the lady of the house. The assumption is that if... Read more...
La Facilité africaine de l’Eau (FAE) a octroyé en ce début d’année 2013 un don de 1,1 million d’euros à la commune de Sèmè-Podji, au Bénin, pour la gestion et l’exploitation des boues vidange. Le programme devrait profiter à de nombreux agriculteurs et environ 1 million d’habitants. Read more...
Systematic and reliable monitoring is a prerequisite for successful sanitation and hygiene programming. Read more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Regional sanitation conferences have been a feature in the WASH sector for a decade since the first AfricaSan meeting in Johannesburg. At their inception they were a groundbreaking effort to get higher level elected government officials to prioritise sanitation and they have undoubtedly played a... Read more...
Around 30 percent of the national budget of Rwanda is made available to district authorities. Read more...