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World Bank - Sanitation, Hygiene and Wastewater Resource Guide
Service provision in sanitation and hygiene involves four main components that must be understood and addressed when designing or implementing a new sanitation project: - institutions required to imp… more »
Sanitation Updates
World Bank - Sanitation, Hygiene and Wastewater Resource Guide
envhealth@usaid wrote 1 week ago: Service provision in sanitation and hygiene involves four main components that must be understood an … more »
India: Sulabh features in UNDP report on business strategies that engage the poor
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dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: Sulabh International ’s work on low-cost sanitation in India and abroad was chosen as one of t … more »
New WHO Report: Safer water, better health: Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health
Sanna-Leena wrote 1 month ago: The first-ever report depicting country-by-country estimates of the burden of disease due to water, … more »
Flushing away old ideas about pipes and potties
envhealth@usaid wrote 2 months ago: DESPITE recent progress, more than one billion people still lack decent water supplies, and more tha … more »
British charity call on G-8 summit to agree to forge global sanitation plan
Sanna-Leena wrote 3 months ago: LONDON, April 14 A British-based charity is calling on the Group of Eight summit in Japan later this … more »
Africa: Address Sanitation to Break Cycle of Poverty
envhealth@usaid wrote 3 months ago: A speech by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation. Let me go straight … more »
Lancet editorial - keeping sanitation in the international spotlight
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envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: The shamefully weak presence of the health sector in advocating for improved access to water and san … more »
Nepal: Waste of Zoo in packets
dietvorst wrote 4 months ago: The garbage and animal waste produced in the Central Zoo of Kathmandu is being composted and sold as … more »
David Pannell on investing in environmental management and restoration
litfuse wrote 4 months ago: Professor David Pannell, a Federation Fellow from the University of Western Australia, recently gave … more »
Canada - Fight Global Poverty by Investing in Sanitation and Water
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envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: OTTAWA, March 20 /CNW Telbec/ - On the eve of World Water Day (March 22), a coalition of Canadian or … more »
WHO - 10 facts on sanitation
envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: Lack of sanitation facilities forces people to defecate in the open, in rivers or near areas where c … more »
Pakistan - Diarrhoeal diseases cost country
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envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: ISLAMABAD: The diarrhoeal diseases are costing Pakistan Rs 55 billion to Rs 84 billion annually, as … more »
Honduras: Poverty and Sanitation
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envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: Poverty and Sanitation: An Analysis of the Linkage between Poverty and Basic Sanitation in Honduras, … more »
ASEAN countries suffer huge economic loss from poor sanitation
envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: BALI, Indonesia, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Four countries in Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Indonesia, t … more »
Africa - Investing in sanitation is a goldmine
envhealth@usaid wrote 4 months ago: Expert reports indicate that countries worldwide are failing to invest in sanitation, a sector that … more »
Philippines - Poor sanitation costs Pinoys P78B yearly
envhealth@usaid wrote 5 months ago: The World Bank on Wednesday said poor sanitation in the Philippines costs the government 77.8 billio … more »
Safe and sustainable livelihoods in agricultural communities: Optimizing the recycling of human waste
dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: A seminar was held at IFAD Headquarters in Rome Tuesday 29 January 2008 with participants from IFAD … more »
Sanitation: A Slideshow
dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: IDRC (Canada) has produced a short slideshow (10 slides) illustrating the scope of the sanitation pr … more »
Gates Foundation backs €9.86 million reality check for water and sanitation costs by IRC
envhealth@usaid wrote 5 months ago: What does it really cost to extend and sustain safe water and hygienic sanitation to poor communitie … more »
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