Sanitation

Ghana charged to eliminate open-defecation

Mr Kamal Kar, Founder and Chairman of the World-wide Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Foundation, has asked government to demonstrate the political will towards eradicating open defecation in

Publication Date: 
19/05/2015
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Ghana, Toilets, Africa
Climate Change

Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley

Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2015
Hilary Bambrick, Stefano Moncada, Marie Briguglio
Environmental Research Letters
1-13
Tags:
Climate Change, Health Effects, Ethiopia, Slums, Urbanisation, Urban Habitat, Poverty, Urban Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Waterborne diseases, Malnutrition, Climate Adaptation, Africa
Sanitation

MP better than UP, Bihar in sanitation: Sulabh founder

Sulabh International founder Padma Bhushan Bindeshwar Pathak on Monday said Madhya Pradesh has better sanitation facilities as compared to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2015
Times Of India (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Sanitation, Sulabh International, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Toilets
Sanitation

$248m WB aid for sanitation project in state

The World Bank today signed a $248-million loan agreement for the Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project to help the state improve its delivery of water and sanitation service

Publication Date: 
12/05/2015
Sanjeev Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Sanitation, Rural Water Supply, World Bank, Water Quality, Toilets, Rural Sanitation
Sanitation

Quantitative headspace analysis of selected odorants from latrines in Africa and India

This analytical investigation focuses on the quantification of odorant molecules in the headspace of latrines. Hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan were derivatized under a more stable N-ethyl maleimide conjugate. Since the amount of odorant molecules is very low in the gas phase, we developed a method that had two steps of concentration.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2015
Charles Jean-Francois Chappuis, Yvan Niclass, Christine Vuilleumier & et al
Environmental Science and Technology
49
10
6134–6140
Tags:
Toilets, Sanitation, India, Africa, Ahmedabad (T), Kenya, South Africa, Developing Countries
Sanitation

Railways asked to identify sites for mobile toilets near slums

The National Green Tribunal has directed Railways and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to identify precise locations for installation of mobile toilets near slum clusters adjoining rai

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Slums, Toilets, Waste Disposal, Rail Transport, Sanitation
Sanitation

Improved sanitation may reduce sexual violence in South African townships

Improving access to public toilets in South African urban settlements may reduce both the incidence of sexual assaults by nearly 30% and the overall cost to society, a study by researchers at the Y

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Medical Express
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Health, South Africa, Women, Africa, Infectious Diseases
Sanitation

South Africa: More Toilets Will Save South Africa Money

For over five years, the Social Justice Coalition in Cape Town has called for expanding access to safe and clean sanitation facilities in Khayelitsha and other townships in the city.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, South Africa, Health, Diarrhoea, Africa
Sanitation

Reducing sexual violence by increasing the supply of toilets in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A mathematical model

Sexual violence is a major public health issue, affecting 35% of women worldwide. Major risk factors for sexual assault include inadequate indoor sanitation and the need to travel to outdoor toilet facilities. We estimated how increasing the number of toilets in an urban township (Khayelitsha, South Africa) might reduce both economic costs and the incidence and social burden of sexual assault.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
29/04/2015
Gregg S. Gonsalves, Edward H. Kaplan, A. David Paltiel
PLoS ONE
1-12
Tags:
Sanitation, Women, Toilets, South Africa, Urban Habitat
Sanitation

Liberia: 720 Villages, Towns in Liberia to Be Open Defecation Free

Global Communities, a non-governmental organization, predicts that 720 villages and towns are likely to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) after five years of networking with its project "Partn

Publication Date: 
29/04/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Sanitation, Open Defecation, Toilets, Liberia, Africa, Drinking Water

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