Thousands of lives of sanitation workers are endangered and lost in low and middle income countries (LMICs) while manually cleaning confined spaces like septic tanks and sewer lines. These deaths are avoidable if we take corrective measures. Join us to discuss leading practices that cities can observe to make work safer for sanitation workers!
Speakers
Prabal Bhardwaj, PMU- SBM, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, India
Huzir Rizal Mokhtar, Manager Health & Safety, O&M Department, IWK Malaysia
Emily Banda, Sanitation Business Advisor, SNV Zambia
Eva Muhia, Deputy President of Pan African Sanitation Actors (PASA) and Chair, Kenya Sanitation Actors Association
Chair: Meghna Malhotra, Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre
Sanitation Workers Forum 2021 (2022). Traversing the Path of Making Manual Pit Cleaning Safer in LMICs Sanitation Workers Forum 2021
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