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Livelihood Links to Poor Water Quality in India: Alternates

 

The water quality problem in India is severe in many pockets of the country. It has been learnt that there are comparatively less efforts toward addressing the problems related to water quality by government and other agencies in India. We have examples where the youth could not find jobs in organizations or public sector agencies those take physical fitness test by looking in each parameter of health of a person. In majority of cases the health authorities are not aware about the severity of endemic water quality problems in their area. The institutional coordination and knowledge networking efforts are shockingly negligible. This article tells that what the agencies and government should consider in such situation.  

People's Stories
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Author: K N Vajpai
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India
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30 November 2012

Uganda Sanitation Fund receives US$6 million from WSSCC: 5 year programme will benefit health and the environment

Kumi District, Uganda, 16 March 2012 - The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) today allocated US$6 million from its Global Sanitation Fund to help more people in Uganda attain safe sanitation and practice good hygiene.

 

16 March 2012

Network and WASH Manifesto Campaign Launch

In Partnership with WaterAid Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (WASH-Net) of Sierra Leone was officially launched on 15 February 2012, together with the WASH Manifesto Campaign by the Deputy Ministry of Energy and Water Resources at the British Council Auditorium.

Attended by members of the civil society, media, political parties, development partners and key ministries, agencies and departments, WASH-Net through its members nationwide further succeeded in attracting attendance and representation  from numerous local councils across Sierra Leone.

2012 is a critical year for Sierra Leone’s development; shaping the country’s political direction through the forthcoming elections on 27 November. As such this is an opportunity to engage a powerful citizen’s engagement movement that makes voices and votes count in elections; in other words, using elections as tools to demand commitments that ushers much-needed change within the WASH sector.

 

Sierra Leone
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4 March 2012

Re-viewing JMP on MDGs!

The JMP (Joint Monitoring Programme) for Water Supply and Sanitation serves as the official mechanism of the United Nations for monitoring access to drinking-water and sanitation, and for reporting globally on the status of Drinking-Water and Sanitation coverage. One can’t be sure, whether enough probing or questions are incorporated to elicit detailed information about drinking water and sanitation. This is one of the important limitations of NFHS or DHS data, which, at present is being used under JMP to show progress of a country on MDG target 7c.

Statistics
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Source: JMP

Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)

The Rural Water Supply Network is a global knowledge initiative that promotes sound practices in rural water supply. …

Networks
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Water only
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English, French

Scaling Up Community Management of Rural Water Supply Thematic Group

The Thematic Group brought sector professionals together on the issues related to scaling up community managed water supply programmes. …

Networks
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Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
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English

Providing Sustainable Water Services at Scale. Report of the International Symposium on Rural Water Services

This report presents the main findings of the recent international symposium on rural water services.

Publications
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Author: Patrick Moriarty, Tania Verdemato
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English
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PDF

Seminar on Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Exploring New Pathways

Dr Pathak provides a detailed overview of the sanitation problems and the low cost technologies that the Sulabh Sanitation & Social Reform Movement has pioneered.

Author: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
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2009

Progress in Integrating Sanitation into a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) in Uganda

This document outlines a clear process for integration of sector-wide methods to achieve sanitation.

Author: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
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2009

How can Water and Sanitation Services to the Urban Poor be Scaled up?

The 2009 Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) Project Implementation Workshop featured two days of discussion around the question “How can water and sanitation services to the urban poor be scaled up?”

Publications
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Publisher: Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor
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English
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PDF