2016 - 2018 Using existing data to investigate relationships between social norms and adolescent health behaviors and outcomes To research the associations between social/gender norms and adolescent health behaviors and outcomes using existing data
Integrated Delivery is collaborating with the Family Planning PST in increasing understanding of the role of gender norms in influencing behaviors of early adolescents through projects such as the Global Early Adolescent Study, the Images study and the Ethiopia Care Intervention. This research explores associations between social/gender norms and adolescent health behaviors and outcomes using existing data. Use of existing data is likely to yield actionable […]
2016 - 2020 World Bank Water and Sanitation Program Core Support 2016-2020, Urban Sanitation To contribute to the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership
To contribute to the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership as a platform for innovation and scale, testing innovative ideas, building capacity, promoting robust learning and leveraging investment to help countries reach SDG 6 To provide support to the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP) to operationalize its "Urban Sanitation" business area in the 2016-2020 Business Plan (BP).
2016 - 2017 DISC - Multiple approaches to fecal sludge drying and processing To develop a showcase toilet superstructure and build fundamental knowledge in the properties and usefulness of human waste products
A brainstorm session at SPECIFIC- Swansea has lead to the submission of multiple concepts. The goal of this investment is to fund a select number of the investments for discovery/proof of concept.
2016 - 2019 Climate, Costs and Urban Sanitation (C-CUS) To develop and promote new tools which can be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of investments in urban sanitation in the context of ongoing climate change
This investment will enable the Public Health Engineering Department at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the Project Management Group at the School of Business, to finalize specific costing examples and generalized costing models for cities wanting to understand the financial requirements for improving sanitation services at city level. So far Leeds have been preparing estimates based on real case studies in cities in […]
2016 - 2019 Surveys on social norms and sanitation in India To study social norms and networks to understand how they influence open defecation behavior
Behavior change is now seen as the most important priority that remains to be tackled in India if progress is to be made on open defecation. There are serious reasons to question whether CLTS-type approaches can work as well in India as they have in many other countries, given the strong identification people have with caste and religious groups, rather than their village (making the […]
2016 - 2017 Research on National Standards for Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) Systems Industry in China and its Possible Applications To encourage upgraded technologies that address health and environment risks related with sanitation
To encourage upgraded technologies that address health and environment risks related with sanitation, helping poor families in China to enjoy improved and qualified sanitation and ultimately benefit developing countries and people due to the increased supplies of qualified NSS systems. This grant will be used to encourage more technologies to be upgraded that can substantially address health and environment risks related with sanitation, which helps to […]
2016 - 2019 Small Pyrolysis Unit Product Development and Commercialization Planning To support the development of a technology solution and institutional framework to manage septage and fecal sludge from non-sewered toilets for safe treatment and disposal
This grant will fund the development and testing of small omniprocessors (OPs) at Design Validation scale at various field sites in India. The original small pyrolysis OP was tested for a period of 18 months in Bangalore India. The goal of this project is to design, build and field test at multiple locations a refined technology based on the original unit tested and validate that […]
2016 - 2018 SEWBER – Septic Aggregator Application To develop and commercialize an Uber-like app that can reduce the amount of untreated waste released into the environment in urban and peri-urban locations in 2 pilot cities in India
Customers will be able to book a septage/pluming cleaning service from any part of India, based on the real time information. There would also be a toll free number for people to call on and book services if they do have access to a smart phone. This application will be used by septic vendors and their customers. The pilot would be carried out in Pune and […]
2016 - 2018 Standard Methods for the Analysis of Faecal Sludge To produce a publication that will provide researchers and practitioners worldwide with consistent and comparable faecal sludge field and laboratory methods
The importance of understanding the characteristics of faecal sludge is emphasised as an emerging issue of Faecal Sludge Management. The lack of standardisation complicates the transfer of knowledge and data between different regions and institutions as the results may not be comparable. The current situation raises the need to establish common methods and procedures adapted to faecal sludge through a collaboration between organisations with most […]
2016 - 2018 Characterization of faecal material behaviour during drying To support the research of drying characteristics and data of faecal matter, and dissemination of findings to sanitation practitioners working in developing countries
The aim of the project is to provide, through research, useful data and knowledge to the sanitation practitioners that could assist to overcome their technological gaps. The outcomes from the project will lead to the development of guidelines of best practices, which could culminate in the redaction of an engineering handbook on fecal sludge drying. The first stage of the project consists in determining the landscape […]
2016 - 2016 Omni-ingestor workshop - dealing with trash To support the development of potential solutions that will make it possible for Omni Ingestor (OI), a road side unit plus extraction solution, to more effectively process trash
Workshop for Omni Ingestor (OI) pumping systems trash handling
2016 - 2019 EcoSan Toilets - Build and Test Design Validation Units with WRC and CNTA Programs To support prototype development and field testing of reinvented toilet concepts for the purpose of demonstrating scale and feasibility of standalone toilet designs
This grant will focus on the next round of prototype development and field testing support for RTT (Reinvent the Toilet) concepts. Currently, Yixing-EcoSan has built and continues to test initial EV prototypes based on the Caltech design. We are proposing to test nine toilets in a wider range of conditions, including working with WRC in South Africa and the CNTA competition in China.
2015 - 2018 Mikono Safi - a cluster randomised controlled intervention trial in fourteen schools in North-West Tanzania To assess the effectiveness of a behaviour change intervention that promotes hand washing with soap
Mikono Safi, which means clean hands in Kiswahili, is a study taking place among school-aged children in the Kagera Region, North-West Tanzania. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of a behaviour change intervention that promotes hand washing with soap, in reducing both the prevalence and infection intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) (Ascaris lumbricoides and Triuchuris trichiura). The cluster randomised controlled […]
2015 - 2018 Integrating WASH and food hygiene in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi To determine the relative effectiveness of food hygiene and WASH interventions in preventing diarrhoeal disease in under-fives in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi
This study aims to determine the relative effectiveness of food hygiene and WASH interventions in preventing diarrhoeal disease in under-fives in Chikwawa District, Southern Malawi. Led by the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU) in partnership with the Malawi Polytechnic, researchers will use the findings from formative research to design a behaviour change intervention aimed at improving WASH behaviours alone or in combination with […]
2015 - 2018 San-Dem (enhance demand for and acquisition of improved toilets in peri-urban informal settlements of Zambia) Assess proportion of households that improve their motivation to acquire an improved toilet within 6 months of the intervention
Led by the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) in collaboration with LSHTM, the study will use the Behaviour Centered Design methodology, and a cluster randomised controlled trial will evaluate the intervention. The study's primary outcome will be the proportion of households that improve their motivation to acquire an improved toilet within 6 months of the intervention. The secondary outcome will be the […]
2015 - 2018 Safe Start Trial - Childhood hygiene intervention on enteric infections and growth faltering in low-income settlements of Kisumu, Kenya Designing and testing a novel child hygiene intervention in collaboration with community members, the health extension system and local government
Led by the Great Lakes University, Kisumu, this study will design, implement and evaluate the impact of a novel early childhood hygiene intervention targeting caregivers of children at three months of age on enteric infections and growth faltering in low-income settlements of Kisumu, Kenya.
2018 - 2023 Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Nigeria (E-WASH) Working with state water boards to deliver better urban services to the Nigerian people
In 2018, the U.S. Agency for International Development contracted us to implement the Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (E-WASH) program to improve the availability of clean water and sanitation in Nigeria’s poorest urban neighborhoods. We expect to improve water delivery to 500,000 households by boosting the productivity and efficiency of SWBs, many of which are balanced precariously between top-down government directives and an ongoing […]
2016 - 2017 Acceleration of further field deployment of the RTI Beta 2.0 Reinvented Toilet system to deliver prototype community toilet systems, which are designed to service the urban poor in developing countries, for third-party testing in both South Africa and India
This is a investment will enable the further deployment and commissioning of two equivalent Beta 2.0 Reinvented Toilet systems (by RTI) in Durban, SA and Coimbatore, India for field evaluation.
2016 - 2018 Communications technical support to the Ministry of Urban Development in implementation of urban sanitation communications strategy Enabling and empowering a lasting System level change through design, implementation, and evaluation of impactful social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) on sanitation.
While supply issues create obstacles for under-served communities to access safe and sustainable sanitation, there are also many challenges in converting open defecation habits, including the lack of information and understanding of the value of safe sanitation. There is an increased sector wide recognition to work along the entire sanitation value chain to build, use, maintain and treat (BUMT) toilets, in order to create a […]
2016 - 2017 Evidence summary regarding the importance of exposure to fecal pathogens of animal origin To review and synthesize existing scientific literature to assess the risk to human health posed by exposure to poorly managed animal feces
The following conclusions section from a paper published in Sept. 2017 (full link below) highlights some aspects of this project. Further publications are planned: As envisioned by the Sustainable Development Goals, the world will achieve universal access to safe water, coverage of safely managed sanitation, and handwashing with soap by 2030. However, even if these ambitious targets are met, effectively eliminating direct and indirect exposure to […]
