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The WASHCost Burkina Faso team conducted its research in rural and peri-urban communities across three geographically distinct areas: the dry region of Nord, the capital city Ouagadougou, and the forested Southwest region, Hauts-Bassins. Read more...
L’épouse du Chef de l’Etat du Burkina Faso, Madame Chantal COMPAORE, accueillera le 9 Mai 2014 le sommet des Premières Dames du continent pour la cause de l’Assainissement. Ce sommet sera la première rencontre de la Coalition des Premières Dames d’Afrique pour l’Assainissement (CPDA) Read more...
The results of a three-country hygiene cost effectiveness study make interesting reading. Read more...
Réunis à Ouagadougou les 30 et 31 octobre 2013, sur initiative de l’IRC, des maires, des opérateurs privés, des services gouvernementaux, des structures d’appui et des ONG ont réfléchi sur la gestion pérenne des adductions d’eau potable simplifiée (AEPS). Read more...
In Ouagadougou, the WASHCost team found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at existing initiatives using the life-cycle cost approach. Read more...
Based on national standards, the 7 boreholes and 3 standpipes in the village of Komsilga, Burkina Faso, are sufficient to supply water to 3,600 people. Since only 1,500 people live in the village, you might think that they had water in abundance. Read more...
WASHTech project is using cost components of LCCA in the financial indicators for validating WASH technologies. Read more...