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The Sanitation Workers Knowledge + Learning Hub is the best source for all current news, trends, articles and updates on sanitation workers rights around the world.
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Wayanad's pilot project on faecal sludge management (FSM) has encouraged risk-informed programming, innovation, in the sanitation sector. A unique waste management system has been commissioned in Wayanad that uses vermifiltration (use of worms) to process waste and turn it into compost and useable greywater.
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Handwashing with soap effectively prevents diarrhoea, a leading cause of death in infants. Theory-based interventions are expected to promote handwashing more successfully than standard approaches. The present article investigates the underlying change processes of theory-based handwashing interventions. A nonrandomised field study compared a standard approach to two theory-based interventions …
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From the 24 – 28 March 2014, RedR held a pilot course for 24 WASH experts on the subject of
addressing the social, institutional and technical gaps that currently exist for water, sanitation and
hygiene provision in the urban emergency context. This document, produced as a partnership
between ALNAP and RedR, captures the key messages, lessons and experiences of both course
facilitators …
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In the 64th year of the Republic the nation, it was recognized formally through a legislative act, for the second time after the initial 1993 act, that the “dehumanising practice of manual scavenging, arising from the continuing existence of insanitary latrines and a highly iniquitous caste system” that “still persists in various parts of the country” needs to be eradicated and those in …
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The biosand filter is an intermittent-flow adaptation of slow sand filtration technology. Developed over 20 years ago and now with 15+ years’ operating experience in households, it has established a reputation for effectiveness, durability, and sustained use. Research, field evaluations, and understanding of the nature of intermittent filter operation have led to advances in the design of the …
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This Methods Note proposes a revised methodology for future ALNAP Lessons Papers. It seeks to improve the rigour of the research methods used to generate them, while maintaining the broad research questions and inclusive approach to grey literature review.
This Methods Note is aimed primarily at the ALNAP Secretariat and authors of future Lessons Papers. It should be used to guide the definition …
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Several members of the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC) Network have recognised the need to work with rumours in their missions to prevent the loss of lives and alleviate suffering. Notably, Internews with their pioneering inter-agency model, the World Health Organisation and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs have made considerable efforts …
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This film depicts on how unsafe water can affect health of children and their ability to be strong and fit and play football. While one of them is aware about the importance of clean drinking water, he also insists other friends not compromise with the quality of drinking water.
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The Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP) has been supporting the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) in achieving total sanitation in the state, and are demonstrating innovations in two model urban locations – Tiruchirappali Corporation, and Periyanaicken-palayam (PNP) and Narasimhanaicken-palayam (NNP) town panchayats. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is supporting …
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Background
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the different WASH interventions on health outcomes remains unclear.
Aim
To examine the quantity and quality of evidence on WASH interventions on health outcomes in humanitarian crises, as well as evaluate current evidence on their effectiveness against …
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Current solid and liquid waste disposal practices is far from desirable and needs a rethink and an innovative approach with emphasis on conservation and reuse to meet the goals of clean, healthy and liveable villages. Indiscriminate and uncontrolled abstraction has resulted in significant fall of ground water. Compounding the falling ground water table is the contamination of groundwater from …
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The concept of health promotion rests on aspirations aiming at enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. Health promotion action is facilitated in settings such as schools, homes and work places. As a contribution to the promotion of healthy lifestyles, we have further developed the setting approach in an effort to harmonise it with contemporary realities (and …
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Long-term management and use of community-based safe water systems are essential to reduce water-related health risks in rural areas. Water sector professionals frequently cite water users’ sense of ownership for the water system as essential for its continuity. This study aims to provide the first insight into users’ understanding of psychological ownership, as well as generalizable data, …
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Handwashing with soap for minimum 40 seconds is one of the precautionary measures suggested and advocated globally since the outbreak of COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease). The pandemic has created a demand for behaviour change and sustained practices of Handwashing with soap. This calls for exploring existing options of handwashing stations and create newer designs of handwashing stations globally, …
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The Washington Group Questions on Disability are rapidly emerging as the preferred data collection methodology by the global community for national data collection efforts on disability. However, more and more development and humanitarian actors are now using the methodology in their own data collection efforts. This is beyond the original purpose of the questions, which was to generate usable …
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A large fraction of the World's population around 1.1 billion people - does not have access to improved sources of water. For many others, contamination of water during transport and in the household presents a significant health risk. For this segment of the world's population, use of effective technologies for household water treatment and storage is likely to have direct beneficial effects in …
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The Arborloo is a simple pit toilet using a shallow unlined pit between 1m and 2m deep, depending on soil type and firmness, which is protected at the surface with a ring beam made of concrete or cemented fired bricks. When the excreta is mixed with soil, leaves and ash the pit contents slowly change into a medium in which plants can grow. When the pit is nearly full the toilet superstructure and …
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The rural water supply scheme (WSS) in Sri Lanka is threatened by multiple climate risks such as flash floods, droughts, landslides, and salinity intrusion. Those rural water supply schemes are managed by Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and Local Authorities and offer water to 12% of the people who live in marginalized areas through piped systems. Even though Water Safety Planning (WSP) is …
