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Water and Sanitation
Handwashing Compendium for Low Resource Settings: A Living Document
Document Library
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

COVID-19
Gender
Social Protection
Water and Sanitation
Increasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Annual Review 2018
Assignment
September 27, 2018

This annual review assesses the outputs of the Increasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) programme, and how they contribute to expected outcomes and their sustainability. The review also includes updated recommendations for improving integration of gender into WASH programming and assesses the implementation of the… Read more

annual review, Community Empowerment, DRC, gender and WASH, Hygiene, Sanitation, Water Services
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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
Water and Sanitation
Promoting Handwashing and Sanitation Behaviour Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed-Method Systematic Review
Document Library
September 18, 2017

Diarrhoeal diseases are very common causes of death in low and middle-income countries. The aim for this systematic review was to show which promotional approaches might change handwashing and sanitation behaviour, and which implementation factors affect the success or failure of such promotional approaches. For community-based approaches, involvement of the community, enthusiasm of community leaders,… Read more

community approaches, handwashing
Water and Sanitation
Situation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Ghana
Document Library
September 18, 2017

This report, part of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Ghana. Ghana is a fast-growing economy that has made notable progress in reducing poverty but urban infrastructure has not kept pace with cities’ expansion and high levels of rural-urban migration. Only a fraction of urban residents use… Read more

Faecal Sludge Management, Sanitation, Sanitation Policy, Urban Sanitation
Water and Sanitation
Situation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Kenya
Document Library
September 18, 2017

This report, part of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Kenya. Kenya is one of Africa’s top 10 economies, experiencing strong urban growth amid deep institutional and governance reforms. However, a minority of urban residents use improved sanitation facilities as per the JMP definition, while wastewater treatment… Read more

Sanitation Policy, Urban Sanitation
Water and Sanitation
Situation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Bangladesh
Document Library
September 18, 2017

This report, an output of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a lower middle-income country with high ambitions, but poor infrastructure in urban areas is holding back economic growth. However, onsite sanitation is the norm; transport and treatment services for sewage and faecal sludge… Read more

Faecal Sludge Management, Sanitation Policy, Urban Sanitation
Gender
Health
Nutrition
Social Protection
Water and Sanitation
Effective behaviour change interventions
Helpdesk Report
April 28, 2016

This helpdesk provides a rapid analysis on the existing evidence related to effective behaviour change interventions. It has a particular focus on where interventions are related to hygiene and sanitation, nutrition, gender based violence, indoor air pollution, family planning adoption, unsafe sex, motor vehicle driving. The geographic focus is Malawi, but where necessary it draws… Read more

family planning adoption, gender-based violence, hygiene and sanitation, indoor air pollution, motor vehicle driving, Nutrition, unsafe sex
Water and Sanitation
A cluster‐randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a hand‐ washing‐promotion programme in Chinese primary schools
Document Library
June 4, 2015

Intensive handwashing promotion can reduce diarrheal and respiratory disease incidence. To determine whether less intensive, more scalable interventions can improve health, we evaluated a school-based handwashing program. We randomized 87 Chinese schools to usual practices: standard intervention (handwashing program) or expanded intervention (handwashing program, soap for school sinks, and peer hygiene monitors). We compared student… Read more

handwashing, School
Water and Sanitation
Sanitation and Health
Document Library
June 3, 2015

This is one article in a four-part PLoS Medicine series on water and sanitation. Summary Points 2.6 billion people in the world lack adequate sanitation—the safe disposal of human excreta. Lack of sanitation contributes to about 10% of the global disease burden, causing mainly diarrhoeal diseases. In the past, government agencies have typically built sanitation… Read more

Health, Sanitation
Health
Water and Sanitation
Maternal and birth attendant hand washing and neonatal mortality in southern Nepal
Document Library
October 29, 2014

BACKGROUND: More than 95% of neonatal deaths occur in developing countries, approximately 50% at home. Few data are available on the impact of hand-washing practices by birth attendants or caretakers on neonatal mortality. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between birth attendant and maternal hand-washing practices and neonatal mortality in rural Nepal. DESIGN: Observational prospective cohort… Read more

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