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Taking Menstrual Hygiene State - wide in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu in India is taking the lead when it comes to promote Menstrual Hyginene Managment at scale.  Doing more than mentioning the unmentionable!

Author: Amudha Periasamy
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10 October 2012

Global Community of Practice on Sanitation and Hygiene: Update May 2012

Catch up on the latest news and information on the Global Community of Practice on Sanitation and Hygiene by reading the May 2012 update.

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CLTS triggering in Nepal's Baglung district

Photo of field visit to the Village Development Committee of the Baglung district in Nepal for Community-Led Total Sanitation village "triggering" …

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Baglung, Nepal
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14 May 2012

Mardan District WASH forum (Pakistan - KPK)

A forum where Govt departments, CSOs, Communities and Media feloows sit together and share the WASH sector issues and developments in the District

Sector Initiatives

Water and Sanitation in the media - A collection of stories by the South Asian WASH Media network

This is a collection of interesting media articles and stories written by members of the South Asian WASH Media network on issues related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

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Keo Samon brings sanitation closer to home

Keo Samon lives in Koh Ko village in south eastern Cambodia, together with her family. Despite being from a poor background, she was inspired through GSF work to contruct a simple toilet. Read more!

People's Stories
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17 April 2012

Factsheets: Bardiya, Gulariya and Tikapur municipality, Nepal

New resource factsheets from field visits to GSF targeted areas in Nepal.

Nepal
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12 April 2012

Liberia CSOs Working Group 2012 World Water Day Campaign report

Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death in Liberia (WHO 2008). Over 40% of Liberia’s schools are unable to provide safe water for their pupils (WSP). US$1 investment in WASH can bring about US$9 return to Liberia’s economy (HDR 2006).On 22 March the WASH civil society Working Group in Liberia and sector partners organized a six kilometre walk to demand an end to the water crisis and corruption in water services. For more information read the 2012 Campaign report.
Liberia
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3 April 2012

Implementation of Nepal's Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan

It is estimated that Nepal bears an annual loss of about 10 billion rupees in terms of health expenses, loss of productivity and decline in tourism caused by poor sanitation condition (SCNSA 2000). In response to this, The Government of Nepal formulated the Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan 2011. This paper examines how this ambitious and well designed plan will be implemented on the ground.

 

 

Publications
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Author: Kamal Adhikari
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English
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Technical Note - Cleaning wells

Wells cleaning and disinfection is an innovative approache which was started by IRSP, Pakistan with the financial and technical support of SCD in flood-affected districts Charsadda and Nowshehra, where more than 50% of population were dependant upon  dug wells for drinking water. These wells were severely contaminated and destroyed by the flood waters in July 2010. The initial phase of project enabled 2,200 housholds (26,000 population aprox.) to access clean drinking water via rehabilitation, cleaning and disinfection of wells. 

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