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Journalists from the West Africa WASH Journalists Network working in Liberia

The General Assembly of the West Africa WASH Journalists Network was held in Monrovia, Liberia, from 13 to 18 February 2012. …

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Author: WSSCC
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Monrovia, Liberia
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February 2012

Evaluating the health impact of urban sanitation programmes

A key justification for investment in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is to reduce the burden of diseases transmitted by the faecal-oral route, most notably child diarrhoea. This paper advocates for more widespread health impact evaluation which can contribute in a number of ways to imporved effectiveness.  

 

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Author: Wolf Peter Schmidt, Guy Norman
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TOWARDS TOTAL SANITATION IN URBAN AREAS.

 

 

Much has been done in providing sanitation services and facilities by numerous key stakeholders like Governments, Donors, NGOs and even community based organizations. However, the realization that we are still a long way from experiencing total sanitation especially in urban areas despite the numerous interventions supported by government institutional and legal frameworks was stark!

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Author: FLORENCE ELIZABETH OJOK
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KAMPALA, UGANDA
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July 2011

Proceedings and Recommendations from the East African Urban Practitioners Workshop, Kigali, 2011

Unplanned settlements in East Africa are becoming increasingly congested and are developing without basic sanitation and hygiene services and infrastructure, including adequate water, sanitation and roads. Practitioners from the region shared in March 2011 their experiences, lessons-learned and successes.

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Publisher: IRC, GIZ, UNICEF, WaterAid, WSSCC
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Lessons in Urban Sanitation Development - Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program 2006-2010

The field note presents the success, results and lessons-learned from the Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development program that was running from 2006-2010.

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Publisher: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
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Leçons tirées en matière de développement de l’assainissement urbain – Programme 2006-2010 de développement du secteur de l’assainissement en Indonésie

Leçons tirées en matière de développement de l’assainissement urbain – Programme 2006-2010 de développement du secteur de l’assainissement en Indonésie.

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Publisher: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
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Andrews Nkansah

On-Plot latrines: the choice for low-cost estate agents in Ghana

Sector Initiatives

The Heart of the Matter: People's Voices on Sanitation and Hygiene in South Asia

In this short film, WSSCC, Freshwater Action Network South Asia, and WaterAid captured the thoughts, hopes and dreams of ordinary people in South Asia about sanitation and hygiene. 

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Author: WSSCC

Au cœur du sujet : l’avis des personnes sur l’assainissement et l’hygiène en Asie du Sud

Depuis 2010, nous sommes confrontés au fait que 716 millions d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants défèquent à l’air libre tous les jours en Asie du Sud, ce qui est tout à fait honteux.

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Author: WSSCC

Almighty Ganges-Can We!

In south Asian region over 75 percent of the people live in rural areas, those have little access to safe potable water systems. Until, recently, people depended more on surface water which was exposed to microbial contamination resulting in water related disease like gastroenteritis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera, infectious hepatitis, infant diarrhoeas, and skin diseases and so on.

1 April 2011