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Exploring the Intersection of Sanitation, Hygiene, Water, and Health in Pastoralist Communities in Northern Tanzania
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February 1, 2022

WASH intersects with all SDGs – this publication is part of an IDS Working Paper series that looks at the intersection of sanitation and other fields. This paper explores access to water, sanitation, and health in pastoral communities in northern Tanzania. It argues that the concept of gender, used on its own, is not enough to… Read more

Accessible Sanitation in the Workplace – Important Considerations for Disability-Inclusive Employment in Nigeria and Bangladesh
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February 1, 2022

WASH intersects with all SDGs – this publication is part of an IDS Working Paper series that looks at the intersection of sanitation and other fields. This paper explores the relationship between accessible sanitation and disability-inclusive employment in Bangladesh and Nigeria. Both countries have sanitation and hygiene challenges as well as disability-inclusive employment challenges, but the… Read more

Comprehensive Social Protection Programming: What is the Potential for Improving Sanitation Outcomes?
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February 1, 2022

WASH intersects with all SDGs – this publication is part of an IDS Working Paper series that looks at the intersection of sanitation and other fields. Millions of people around the world do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities, undermining progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 that calls for adequate and equitable sanitation for all…. Read more

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Water and Sanitation
Handwashing Compendium for Low Resource Settings: A Living Document
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April 24, 2020

Frequent and proper handwashing with soap is vital to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In response, the Sanitation Learning Hub have developed this Handwashing Compendium for Low Resource Settings. Bringing existing information from different organisations into one place, the compendium provides guidance, local examples of and further resources on accessible low-cost handwashing facilities, environmental cues… Read more

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Gender
Water and Sanitation
Nine ideas for gender transformative WASH programming
Blog
July 30, 2019

This blog offers advice for practitioners wanting to apply gender transformative approaches to WASH programming.  This blog was written by Elaine Mercer for the CLTS Knowledge Hub and originally appeared on their website.  It has been partly adapted from the workshop ‘Gender Transformative WASH’ (April 2019) that the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) co-facilitated with Dr Sue… Read more

Gender, gender and sanitation, gender and WASH, gender transformative approaches, WASH
Gender
Health
Water and Sanitation
Menstrual cup use, leakage, acceptability, safety, and availability: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Document Library
July 17, 2019

Girls and women need effective, safe, and affordable menstrual products. Single-use products are regularly selected by agencies for resource-poor settings; the menstrual cup is a less known alternative. The authors reviewed international studies on menstrual cup leakage, acceptability, and safety and explored menstrual cup availability to inform programmes. The review indicates that menstrual cups are… Read more

menstrual cup, menstrual hygiene, menstrual hygiene management, menstrual hygiene products
Health
Water and Sanitation
Simple solutions: WASH and maternal infection prevention
Blog
June 12, 2018

Growing attention on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and its links to infection prevention and control (IPC) is coming to the forefront of positive change in maternal and newborn health services in low- and middle-income countries. Joanna MacQueen, Junior Communications Officer at The Soapbox Collaborative, examines the importance of simple solutions. It should be no… Read more

infection prevention control, Maternal Health, Newborn health, The Soapbox Collaborative
Health
Water and Sanitation
Humanitarian interventions in Ethiopia responding to acute watery diarrhoea
Helpdesk Report
February 22, 2018

This rapid review has found that there are many gaps in the evidence on humanitarian responses to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Ethiopia, specifically in terms of necessary cross district and/or cross border co-ordination, as well as the human and financial resources needed for such aid (Fisseha, 2016; Oxfam GB, 2017; UNICEF, 2017a; OCHA Somalia,… Read more

Acute watery diarrhoea
Health
Delivery of neglected tropical disease control interventions
Helpdesk Report
February 16, 2018

Delivery of integrated neglected tropical disease (NTD) control programmes with similar strategic approaches, geographical overlap and prevalence can minimise costs and expand intervention coverage. This has been evidenced through mass drug administration (MDA) of preventive chemotherapy for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, three soil-transmitted helminth infections and trachoma. Where programmes lack a common, simplistic approach and… Read more

neglected tropical diseases, WASH
Health
Water and Sanitation
Solid waste and faecal sludge management in situations of rapid, mass displacement
Helpdesk Report
November 24, 2017

Solid waste and faecal sludge management in situations of rapid mass displacement are important to public health and providing for a better environment. Despite this, both have been neglected in WASH programmes, which tend to have a focus on water. However increasing efforts are being made to find solutions to challenges in solid waste and… Read more

Health, Infrastructure, migration
Health
Bangladesh Rohingya crisis – Innovative WASH options
Helpdesk Report
November 23, 2017

A rapid review of the literature has found a selection of innovative WASH options available for situations of severe population overcrowding and limited spaces. Case study information was collated from African, Middle Eastern, South Asian and Caribbean countries. As requested, a number of experts were consulted for their opinion where there was a lack of… Read more

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