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Issue 18 July 29, 2011 | Focus on Prevention and Treatment of Diarrhea



This WASH Weekly focuses on 2010 and 2011 studies and reports on…
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Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 29, 2011 at 13:52 — No Comments

WASHplus Issue 14 July 1, 2011 | Focus on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage

This WASHplus Weekly contains 11 recent articles and reports on household water treatment.  A June 2011 study in Zambia found that safe-storage practices that minimize recontamination may be more effective in managing the risk of disease from drinking water at a fraction of the cost of boiling. A PATH Safe Water project matrix provides a useful landscape of HWTS both presently existing and under development by numerous researchers and…

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Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 27, 2011 at 8:12 — No Comments

WASHplus Issue 15 July 8, 2011 | Focus on Marketing Approaches

This WASHplus Weekly highlights case studies and other information on marketing approaches for indoor air quality (IAQ) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and products. It includes a USAID-sponsored project in Bangladesh that used local entrepreneurs to disseminate stoves. A World Bank report concludes that efforts to promote cookstoves in Bangladesh should learn from and apply lessons from the country’s successful sanitation program. For the WASH sector, the Sustainable… Continue

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WASHplus Issue 16 July 15, 2011 | Focus on HIV/AIDS and WASH

This WASHplus Weekly highlights recent reports and journal articles that discuss the integration of water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) with HIV/AIDS programs. It includes a comprehensive guide from USAID and WHO on integrating WASH practices into HIV care. A Cochrane Review of home-based care for HIV/AIDS patients found that home-based safe water systems reduced diarrhea frequency and severity. Also included are training manuals prepared by the USAID AIDSTAR Project and the Institute… Continue

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Issue 17 July 22, 2011 | Focus on Drinking Water Quality

This issue of the WASHplus Weekly features the new edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on drinking water quality. The guidelines recommend shifting the focus from reacting to contamination events to preventing their occurrence. Country policies frequently overemphasize end-product testing as a means to ensure the safety of drinking-water. Unfortunately, adverse test results are not known until the water has already been consumed and people have already gotten sick. WHO’s… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 27, 2011 at 7:00 — No Comments

Until August 1st Brill allows you free online access.

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At the home page of the website of the African Studies Centre Leiden (www.ascleiden.nl) you see an icon about the Africa Yearbook. This is an annual publication of Brill Publishers, and a co-production of the African Studies Centre in Leiden with other European colleagues. It gives you a detailed overview of new developments in each of the African countries and per African macro region. Recently the sixth edition has been published.…

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Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 26, 2011 at 10:48 — No Comments

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The tricky business of what is considered “evidence” in WASH

Judging by the number of posts on Twitter, evidence for decision making seems to be a hot topic at the moment not only in the WASH sector but more broadly in the development realm. DFID, the British bilateral cooperation agency has published the latest “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – evidence paper”. I agree generally with the broad lines of the conclusions about what we still need to know to do our jobs in the sector better, but it was with utter disbelief that I read what is considered “evidence” in the report and what is discarded as not being “sufficient evidence”.

Seminar on Multiple Use Water Services in the context of Dutch policy and practice

This seminar will bring together the expertise of Dutch organisations on multiple use water services (MUS) in the context of Dutch policy and practice. It will include experiences from arid to humid environments, relating to policy development, capacity building, water infrastructure development, water resources management, sanitation and re-use of waste and wastewater, especially from East Africa.

International Conference on Water, Wastewater

Organised by the Civil Engineering Department of Bangalore University. Topics include: Planning for Sustainable Water Solutions; Water Quality & Health; Water Management & Policy; and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies.

WASH Conference 2014

The theme for this week-long event is "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Everyone, Everywhere", with sub-themes: Equitable access, universal services; Achieving health outcomes with WASH; and Sustaining services and outcomes. 

WSA signs up with Malaysian company for technical support on sanitation

Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indah Water for technical know-how and consultancy services in sewerage management in African countries. WSA selected the Malaysian company “to be in a technical committee formed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to propose immediate, medium- and long-term solutions for sanitation services in WSA member countries”.

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