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Of the two billion people worldwide lacking access to at least basic sanitation, seven out of ten live in rural areas (JMP 2019). Progress has been made on increasing rural sanitation and access levels are rising, but challenges remain in reaching the ‘last mile’ or some 10 to 20 per cent of the population (Apanga et al. 2020; UNICEF 2015).
The factors affecting the ability of households …
(2017)
FLUSH is a documentary film raising awareness of what happens to bodily waste in America, and a growing movement to change the way we think about “waste,” premiering in honor of World Toilet Day.
Raise awareness of World Toilet Day and theme “wastewater,” engage “developed” countries in a conversation about broader sanitation themes and question the wisdom of water-based toilets, …
(2020)
The potential of using renewable energy sources (solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, biomass energy) to power water pumping systems for rural water supply is receiving increased attention. Assessment and selection of these
energy sources and pumping systems require careful analysis of a wide range of factors. This book provides guidance and information to support the systematic consideration …
Realizing its commitment to providing universal access to sanitation, the Government of Indonesia aims to shift from open defecation free into safely managed sanitation as the national plan for sanitation is targeting to provide 15% of the population with access to safely managed sanitation. Based on the Statistics Bureau, in 2019, there are 77.44% households that have access to sanitation in …
This was an interventional study carried out over a period of 5 days among 21 schoolchildren aged 12–18 years in their respective school premises. Participants were requested to rub their hands with an UV-sensitive fluorescent lotion and then wash them. Hands were air-dried and examined under UV rays for blue light emission in a dark room. Emission of blue light highlighted parts of hand where …
The fourth edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health.
It is the product of significant revisions to clarify and elaborate on ways of …
The COVID-19 pandemic put front and centre for the needed attention on water supply, hand hygiene and sanitation.
Using the Enabling Environment matrix like a camera lens to view national-level actions, the collective country examples from 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific supply rich learnings and underline the positive momentum showed by Ministries of Education to lead WinS, and …
Capacity building initiatives are one of the key approaches followed by TNUSSP to effect changes across the entire sanitation chain. As part of this, orientation and training programmes were held for a range of stakeholders such as officers at the state level and of Urban Local Bodies, engineers, masons and desludging operators. This report presents details of the training/orientation programmes …
Through Nkangala FET College's Extended Learning Unit Corporate Companies and Government Departments can register the following exciting programmes:
- Basic Dressmaking Skills
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Bageshwar Nagar Palika Parishad area is 8.5 sq.km. and has 11 wards with a population of 25,045 (as of year 2018). There are 4,808 Households (HHs) post municipal boundary expansion in the year 2018. With the delimitation of boundary, the total number of wards have increased from 7 to 11. Presently, the geographical area of the city is 8.5 Km2. The revised municipal boundary has been considered …
Indicators are essential to monitor the progress of the Agenda 2030. An indicator summarizes information and helps policy makers to take important decisions regarding the implementation of measures to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, this requires data that is not available in many places. In order to fill this data gap, a transect walk with local stakeholders can …
Who qualifies to train at AIAT?
AIAT offers a wide range of training programme suitable for Private Sector, Public sector, Government Parastatals and Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Personnel/staff. AIAT is a training, research and consulting organization which provide Leadership and Strategic Management, Project and Logistics Management, Business Communication and Policy Analysis and …
This report explores the current situation of MHH in selected focus countries, reflecting on the recent progress made and the remaining challenges. The three in-depth country studies looked at progress at three levels: a) nationally; b) progress catalysed with the support of WSSCC funding (outside of the Global Sanitation Fund, GSF); and c) progress achieved through the GSF-supported programmes. …
These Youtube playlists contain several videos to explain how to edit WASH topics in Wikipedia.
The videos in Playlist 1 were produced for SuSanA, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through contract with Stockholm Evironment Institute.
The videos in Playlist 2 were produced for the SDG edit-a-thon in September 2020, funded by Project Everyone, UK.
Water will be the main channel through which the impacts of climate change will be felt by people, ecosystems and economies. However, predicting impacts on the availability and quality of freshwater resources, and on water-dependent services and sanitation, remains difficult.
While there is a high level of confidence in the processes linking emissions to global warming, much less is known …
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United Kingdom Department for international Development (DfiD) are collaborating to demonstrate how cities can use binding service level agreements and performance-based contracts with private sector partners as a way to ensure the city-wide delivery of sustainable sanitation services that are equitable and provide both private and public …
Ground water is one of the Nation’s most important natural resources. It provides about 40 percent of the Nation’s public water supply. In addition, more than 40 million people, including most of the rural population, supply their own drinking water from domestic wells. As a result, ground water is an important source of drinking water in every State. Ground water is also the source of much …
This video presents the sanitation situation in developing countries, some key challenges, concepts and planning approaches that are useful in achieving sustainable sanitation in urban areas. There are more interesting topics and information about urban sanitation that can be found on the SuSanA website.
La iniciativa tiene como objetivo ampliar el servicio tradicional de alcantarillado sanitario, a un concepto integral de recolección y tratamiento de aguas residuales. Para las viviendas ubicadas en las zonas donde existe alcantarillado sanitario la recolección se seguirá haciendo mediante este sistema; mientras tanto, para las viviendas ubicadas fuera de las zonas de cobertura y que cuentan …
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