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2010 - Emergency excreta disposal standards and options for Haiti. Reed, B. Direction Nationale de l'Eau Potable et de l'Assainissement (DINEPA) & Global WASH Cluster. [5.08 MB]

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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Haiti, struck at 4:53 local time on Tuesday January 12th causing widespread destruction. A further earthquake reported at …

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2010 - Household pit latrines with urine diversion in the Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad - Draft. Case study of sustainable sanitation projects. Patinet, J. Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and Groupe URD, France. [366.91 KB]

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Faced with limited space to dig latrines in some parts of the Farchana refugee camp in Chad and the collapse of latrines in sandy areas, SECADEV (a Chadian NGO) has been testing …

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2009 - Impact Assessment Report on the Peepoo Bag, Silanga Village, Kibera, Nairobi-Kenya. Ondieki, T.H.M., Mbegera, M. Jean Africa Consultants (JAC), Nairobi, Kenya. [2.48 MB]

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An estimated 600 million people in urban areas of developing countries now live in life and health-threatening homes and neighborhoods, primarily in peri-urban settlements. …

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2009 - Results of a medium-scale trial of single-use, self-sanitising toilet bags in poor urban settlements in Bangladesh. Wheaton, A. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GTZ), Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1.34 MB]

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The objective of this study was to establish whether Toilet Bags are a feasible sanitation alternative for poor urban settlements given the local socio-cultural context. Bangladesh …

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2009 - Urban slum dwellers in Kenya and Bangladesh benefit from using Peepoo bags which are self-sanitising and biodegradable. von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. Dry Toilet Conference, Tampere, Finland. [160.05 KB]

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The multiple challenges of urban slums limit the ability of conventional infrastructure-based sanitation systems to quickly address the pressing sanitation needs of urban slum …

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2009 - Safer sanitation in slums and emergency settings with Peepoo bags - Appropriate Technology, Vol 36, No 4, p. 38. von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. [417.79 KB]

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In most of the urban slums of countries like Kenya and Bangladesh there is a huge lack of sanitation facilities like toilets, and this leads to problems of the safe disposal of …

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2009 - Search appropriate latrine solution for flood prone areas of Bangladesh. Morshed, G., Sobhan, A. Oxfam. [249.11 KB]

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Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has set a goal for 100% sanitation by 2013. But, recurrent floods, cyclone and prolonged water logging make it harder to adapt appropriate sanitation …

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2008 - Enhancing protection capacity through improved field support in technical sectors (water and sanitation). Ganai, T. UNHCR, Public Health and HIV Section, Division of Operational Services, Nepal. [4.26 MB]

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This report presents the summary of accomplishments, findings and limitations and issues that needs following up in particular reference to the VIP Latrines as a human waste …

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2007 - Excreta Disposal in Emergencies - A Field Manual. Harvey, P.A. WEDC. [4 KB]

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In this manual existing, innovative and new technologies and approaches for excreta disposal in emergency situations are investigated. It provides practical guidance on how to …

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2007 - Baseline Study of Kitgum Town Council. Kitgum Town Council, Makerere University ROSA staff [2.12 MB]

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Kitgum district is located in northern Uganda, 452 km from Kampala. Northern Uganda has experienced civil war for the last two decades. This resulted into abduction, rape, death, …

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