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December 13, 2022 WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
October 15, 2022 Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021 Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021 Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021 Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021 If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report

Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
Urban Population and WatSan: A brief status report by WaterAid (2009)
This document highlights the poor water and sanitation situation in the urban slums in India, due to rapid urbanisation and increase in the number of slum dwellers in the cities. Posted on 03 May, 2010 04:44 PM

This document by WaterAid India, India highlights the poor water and sanitation situation in the urban slums in India, in the context of rapid urbanisation and the increase in the number of slums and slum dwellers in the cities.

Bihar needs to build 6,900 toilets a day to keep promise of total sanitation - A survey report by WaterAid (2009)
This brief report highlights the findings of an evaluation study conducted by WaterAid, India of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), in order to eradicate open defecation. Posted on 01 May, 2010 04:51 PM

This brief report highlights the findings of an evaluation study conducted by WaterAid, India of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), a national programme in India that ensures sanitation facilities in rural areas to eradicate open defecation. The study was conducted in the five states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Karnataka and Haryana. This document highlights the findings of the evaluation study in the state of Bihar.

International Conference on Water, Plumbing Sanitation & Health : Issues & Challenges, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Posted on 30 Apr, 2010 11:27 PM

Themes: Water Plumbing Sanitation & Health-Issues & Challenges

2010 UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)
Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) aims to provide policy makers with a thorough analysis on water and sanitation issues. Posted on 27 Apr, 2010 01:18 PM

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The Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) is a UN-Water initiative implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of UN-Water GLAAS is to provide policy makers at all levels with a reliable, easily accessible, comprehensive and global analysis of the evidence to make informed decisions in sanitation and drinking-water.

With over 2.6 billion people living without access to improved sanitation facilities, and nearly 900 million people not receiving their drinking-water from improved water sources, UN-Water GLAAS highlights where efforts stagnate in achieving the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.C.¬ to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation. It also highlights the post-2015 challenges that need to be addressed by the United Nations system to collectively support its Member States.

Financing on-site sanitation for the poor: A six country comparative review and analysis - A report by WSP (World Bank)
This report by the WSP draws attention to the fact that about 40% of the population in the world does not have access to basic level of sanitation, leading serious health problems. Posted on 20 Apr, 2010 06:58 PM

This report by the Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) draws attention to the fact that a very high percentage (40%) of the population in the world does not have access to basic level of sanitation, which has serious health consequences and puts a considerable economic burden on the poor. The report explores the issue of what can be the most appropriate financing mechanisms to meet the sanitation needs of the poor.

Rejuvenation of community toilets - A policy paper by UN-HABITAT and Government of Madhya Pradesh
The policy paper examines the condition of community toilet in terms of its infrastructure, operation & maintenance, uses and payment of user charges in Madhya Pradesh. Posted on 20 Apr, 2010 04:12 PM

UN-HABITATThe policy paper examines the condition of community toilet in terms of its infrastructure, operation & maintenance, uses and payment of user charges. The paper is a result of a joint collaboration between Water for Asian Cities (WAC) Programme of UN-HABITAT and the Directorate of Urban Administration & Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

In Madhya Pradesh, WAC is supporting Asian Development Bank-financed project in cities of Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore and Jabalpur to improve and expand urban water and sanitation services. This study has been taken up to monitor implementation of the water and sanitation related targets.

Burden of Inheritance: Can we stop manual scavenging? – A report by WaterAid India
This report outlines how over one million people in the country continue to scrape an existence through manual scavenging, forced largely by social convention and caste prejudice. Posted on 19 Apr, 2010 04:28 PM

Burden of inheritance: Can we stop manual scavenging? – A report by Indira Khurana and Toolika Ojha, WaterAid IndiaThis report by WaterAid outlines how over one million people in the country continue to scrape an existence through manual scavenging, forced largely by social convention and caste prejudice, and calls for strong action to eradicate this practice.

A violation of human rights, this discriminatory and demeaning practice was outlawed by the Indian Parliament in 1993 but still continues today. India has missed three deadlines to make the country 'manual-scavenger free'. India's booming cities help keep the practice alive, as there is often little infrastructure for sanitary sewerage and waste disposal systems.

The report tries to seek answers to why this practice continues despite:

  • Availability of other dignified livelihood sources, for the people in this occupation?
  • Other cleaner options for survival existing in cities and towns?
  • Feasible and viable technological alternatives being available to dry toilets, one of the drivers of this occupation?
Cost Effective Sustainable Sanitation – An Indian Experience, WASH, New Delhi
Posted on 13 Apr, 2010 11:30 AM

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Institute National Conference
Theme:“Cost Effective Sustainable Sanitation – An Indian Experience”

National conference on sanitation

Organizers:

WASH Institute, Plan India, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, UNICEF, WES-Net India, Government of India, member agencies

Venue:

Indian Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

Description:

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Institute is aiming to organize a national level conference on sanitation.WASH Institute is planning to bring all the key sector players / practitioners together to share their success stories and approaches in promoting sustainable sanitation in the country to overcome some of the key challenges.  Also to define the strategy to scale-up good practices in an efficient and effective ways towards making open defecation free nation.  The proposed national meet would be a mini sanitation conference before SACOSAN IV in Sri Lanka next year.

Longest toilet queue campaign by WaterAid Orissa in Puri
Report on the world's longest toilet queue on 20th March 2010 at Puri sea beach.
Posted on 07 Apr, 2010 04:06 PM

The World's Longest Toilet Queue on 20th  March 2010 at Puri sea beach.

Click on the attachment to read the entire report.

NWS has developed a self sustainable flush toilet system - SMARTSAN
NWS has developed a self sustainable flush toilet system (SMARTSAN)principle where naturally-occurring micro-organisms are selected as a biological additive to the digester tank. Posted on 01 Apr, 2010 01:38 PM

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Introduction


It is a well documented fact that the combination of safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation facilities is a precondition for health and for success in the fight against poverty, hunger, child deaths and gender inequality. Yet 2.6 billion people – half the developing world – lack even a simple ‘improved’ latrine. One person in six – more than 1 billion of our fellow human beings – has little choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water.

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