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De l'eau et des sanitaires propres n'auraient pas seulement un impact au niveau de l'hygiène, mais également sur la croissance des enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans. Après avoir examiné les données de 14 études, les chercheurs de la London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) menés par... Read more...
A survey conducted in 140 schools in seven districts in Uganda, revealed that 61 percent of girls drop out of school and 57 percent absent themselves due to their menstrual periods. Support in safely managing their periods is a critical factor in keeping girls in school. Read more...
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
An investment of US$ 5 per person per year (the implementers’ cost only, not households or district) in Mozambique saw improvements in latrine use, handwashing and drinking water management Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh released a handwashing promotion video on 5 May 2013 to coincide with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual global campaign to promote better hand hygiene in health care. Read more...
Two presentations about monitoring handwashing behaviour change. Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the session on monitoring behaviour-change outcomes for sanitation & hygiene at scale for all Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the joint session on cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions Read more...
Presentations on the cost effectiveness of hygiene during the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium. Read more...
This keynote paper will highlight four main trends in monitoring for sanitation and hygiene. Read more...
On WaterCouch.tv, Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp shares a practical example of international cooperation between BRAC in Bangladesh and the All India Organization of Imams of Mosques, which emerged during the 2013 World Water Day celebrations in The Hague, The Netherlands. Read more...
Our colleagues have been busy blogging about sanitation and hygiene services that last. Read about IRC's work with BRAC to monitor progress of the largest sanitation programme in the world: the BRAC WASH II programme in Bangladesh. The component on menstrual hygiene management is delivering strong... Read more...
Communément appelée « pousse-pousse », la barrique est le principal moyen de transport d’eau dans les zones urbaines et péri-urbaines. Cependant, l’eau de qualité prélevée à la borne fontaine, parvient impropre aux usagers due à une contamination au cours du transport. La barrique « Sanya »,... Read more...
In Kerala, local members of the ward water and sanitation committees visit each installed toilet three times: at completion, after one month and after three months. The visiting members look at the hygienic toilet and discuss use practices with the lady of the house. The assumption is that if... Read more...
The Village Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Committee (VWC) is one of the cornerstones of the BRAC WASH programme at community level. 46,000 committees consisting of both men and women have been formed and are supported by the programme. Read more...
Le gouvernement du Ghana ne maintient pas ses promesses de financement pour l’hygiène. Read more...
La Facilité africaine de l’Eau (FAE) a octroyé en ce début d’année 2013 un don de 1,1 million d’euros à la commune de Sèmè-Podji, au Bénin, pour la gestion et l’exploitation des boues vidange. Le programme devrait profiter à de nombreux agriculteurs et environ 1 million d’habitants. Read more...
Systematic and reliable monitoring is a prerequisite for successful sanitation and hygiene programming. Read more...
Après la première édition tenue en décembre 2011 à Ouagadougou, l’Agence intergouvernementale panafricaine Eau et Assainissement pour l’Afrique (EAA) organise du 12 au 14 décembre prochain à Dakar, la 2e édition du Forum de haut niveau sur l’eau et l’assainissement. … Read more...
La population riveraine de la boulangerie Wend Konta située dans l’arrondissement de Sig-Noghin a manifesté son ral-le-bol ce mercredi 7 novembre 2012. La raison, elle dénonce la construction d’une fosse septique qui aurait des conséquences sur la santé des habitants se trouvant à proximité de... Read more...