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2010 - Data Collection Tools - Tanzania - Baseline Study of Low-Income Urban Areas in Tanzania. GFA [621.4 KB]

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The Ministry of Water (MoW) and the Energy and Water Utilities Regulartory Authority (EWURA) with the technical and financial support from GIZ commissioned a Baseline Study in …

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2010 - Media Exposure Visit to Darechowk VDC - Media Report. Guthi ENPHO. [4.86 MB]

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Environment and Public Health Organization and Guthi jointly organized a media exposure visit to Darechowk VDC, Chitwan District to observe the sanitation activities being …

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2010 - Experiences and problems with menstruation among poor women and schoolgirls in Nairobi, Kenya - Policy Brief No. 20. APHRC The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi, Kenya. [1.98 MB]

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This policy brief summarizes the best available locally generated knowledge for a better understanding of issues of menstruation and associated practices of adolescent girls and …

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2010 - Assessment of Options for Public Toilets for a Market Centre in Chora, Afghanistan. Khawaja, N. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany. [1.32 MB]

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The Uruzgan Provincial Development Project is constructing, together with the Municipality of Kalacha Bazaar, a market centre in Chora town Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. An …

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2010 - UDD toilets for Nelson Mandela private school Arba Minch, Ethiopia - Case study of sustainable sanitation projects. Kassa, K. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). [346.76 KB]

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This case studies discusses a project in which pit latrines were replaced with UDDTs in a school. The project provides sanitation for 200 students and their teaching staff. This …

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2010 - Creating sanitation markets. WSP Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [2.5 MB]

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This presentation gives an overview of the potential of creating sanitation markets in Peru. …

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2010 - Smart hygiene solutions: Examples of hygiene methods & tools and tips. Roose, S., Spijksma, E., van Daalen, T., Singeling, M. Netherlands Water Partnership, KIT Publishers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [1.14 MB]

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Approximately 120 million children are born in the developing world each year. Halve of these children will live in households without access to improved water and sanitation, …

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2010 - Effect of five pharmaceutical substances contained in urine on the germination of cress and cereal seedlings. Winker, M., Dimova, D., Ritter, K., Otterpohl, R., Clemens, J. IWA Conference Sustainable solutions for small water and wastewater treatment systems, Girona, Spain. [255.74 KB]

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Usage of urine in agriculture includes the risk of spreading pharmaceutical residues on to agricultural fields. It is unclear if concentrations applied can cause any adverse …

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2010 - From excrement to pines to mushrooms to money in Bolivia. Fogelberg, K., Montes, J., Soto, B. Published in SSP Issue Vol 5 "Sanitation as a Business", Ecosan Club Austria. [661.5 KB]

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This paper describes the idea of using urine and dried feces from UDDTs to fertilize pine plantations where commercially valuable mushrooms grow, to generate income for Bolivian …

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2010 - Development of a continuous single chamber vermicomposting toilet with urine diversion for on-site application. Buzie-Fru, C. PhD thesis, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany. [2.01 MB]

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Human excreta continue to be a serious health burden in the developing world. Lack of context-relevant technical options is the main restricting factor in implementing viable …

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