Ekane, N., Weitz, N., Nykvist, B., Nordqvist, P., Noel, S. (2016) Comparative assessment of sanitation and hygiene policies and institutional frameworks in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania

This assessment finds that the policies in Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania meet many of the recommended criteria, but are still lacking key aspects to adequately cater for sustainability of services and functionality of facilities. Further, policies should reflect the needs and preferences of people. This is usually not the case because policies are very ambitious and hard to fully translate to action. Despite the existence […]

Various authors (2016) International conference on innovations in sustainable water and wastewater treatment systems (ISWATS)

Cumming, O., Cairncross, S. (2016) Can water, sanitation and hygiene help eliminate stunting? Current evidence and policy implications Review Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

Stunting is a complex and enduring challenge with far-reaching consequences for those affected and society as a whole. To accelerate progress in eliminating stunting, broader efforts are needed that reach beyond the nutrition sector to tackle the underlying determinants of undernutrition. There is growing interest in how water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions might support strategies to reduce stunting in high-burden settings, such as SouthAsia […]

Subramanian, S. V.,Mejía-Guevara, I., Krishna, A. (2016) Rethinking policy perspectives on childhood stunting: time to formulate a structural and multifactorial strategy Review Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

Stunting and chronic undernutrition among children in South Asia remain a major unresolved global health issue. There are compelling intrinsic and moral reasons to ensure that children attain their optimal growth potential facilitated via promotion of healthy living conditions. Investments in efforts to ensure that children’s growth is not faltered also have substantial instrumental benefits in terms of cognitive and economic development. Using the case of India, […]

AGIRE (2016) Atelier sur le Catalogue des solutions d’assainissement et de réutilisation en milieu rural - Concertation des final drafts des fiches techniques (in French) Workshop on the catalogue of sanitation solutions and solutions for the reuse of by-products in rural areas – Consultation of the final drafts of the technical papers

Lieu : Salle de conférence du Ministère Délégué Chargé de l’Eau Objectif : Présenter, discuter et concerter la matrice et les fiches techniques des systèmes d'assainissement en milieu rural au Maroc

Fernandez Curutchet, M. et al. (2016) Sistemas de saneamiento seco con separación de orina (in Spanish) Dry sanitation systems with urine separation

El presente documento trata un sistema de saneamiento diseñado específicamente para el manejo de excrementos secos, llamado baño seco con separación de orina. Este es un sistema de saneamiento aplicable a cualquier tipo de instalación (hogareña, industrial, pública, comunitaria, etc.). Las pautas de diseño funcionales que lo componen son las siguientes: separación desde el origen de la materia fecal y la orina, la operación sin […]

FSG (2016) Menstrual Health in Kenya Country Landscape Analysis

This report seeks to understand: (1) the current state of girls’ experience with menarche and MHM in Kenya, (2) the donor, government, and NGO responses to girls’ needs, and (3) opportunities for research, advocacy, and programming to better address these needs. This complements a Global Landscape Analysis and is one of three Country Landscape Analyses focused on India, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This report provides an assessment of the […]

FSG (2016) Menstrual Health in India Country Landscape Analysis

This report seeks to understand: (1) the current state of girls’ experience with menarche and MHM in India, (2) donor, government, NGO, and company responses to girls’ needs, and (3) opportunities for research, advocacy, and programming to better address these needs. This complements a Global Landscape Analysis and is one of three Country Landscape Analyses focused on India, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This report is the result […]

FSG (2016) Menstrual Health in Ethiopia Country Landscape Analysis

This report seeks to understand: (1) the current state of girls’ experience with menarche and MHM in Ethiopia, (2) the donor, government, and NGO responses to girls’ needs, and (3) opportunities for research, advocacy, and programming to better address these needs. This complements a Global Landscape Analysis and is one of three Country Landscape Analyses focused on India, Kenya, and Ethiopia. This report is the result of […]

Hutton, G., Chase, C. (2016) The Knowledge Base for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental to an improved standard of living. Globally, 91% of households used improved drinking water sources in 2015, while for improved sanitation it is 68%. Wealth disparities are stark, with rural populations, slum dwellers and marginalized groups lagging significantly behind. Service coverage is significantly lower when considering the new water and sanitation targets under the sustainable development […]

SuSanA (2016) How to use your SuSanA Partner Profile

This document serves as a guideline containing all necessary steps and instructions to successfully set up your SuSanA partner profile. A relatively complete profile should take about 15 minutes to set up.

SuSanA (2022) Welcome package for SuSanA partners and members and uploading guides

This document will show you everything you need to know about the SuSanA platform and all the resources that it offers including: - The SuSanA partner profiles, - Discussion forum - Working groups - Social media - Thematic Discussions - Hosting of SuSanA events - Online library - SuSanA newsmail In the file download section below you will find: - The Welcome Package for new SuSanA partners (last updated in June 2022) - SuSanA […]

Kilombe, S. T., Taligi, A. S. (2015) Factsheet on Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in Yei Municipality

In March 2015, a household sanitation survey in Yei was carried out within the framework of the GIZ Development of the Urban Water and Sanitation Sub-Sector in South Sudan (GIZ DUWSS) Programme. Applying a random cluster sample method, quantitative data was collected from a total of 1,284 households within the urban boundaries of Yei. The sample size covered approx. 4% of the urban population in […]

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) (2016) An Inventory of Community Toilets 2016: Kawempe Division

Kampala city has a population of 1.5 million people with an estimated day population of 3.5 million. On average, two million people move through the city and need to use public/community sanitation facilities. Section 35 of the KCCA Act 2010 mandates KCCA to provide safe sanitation facilities in communities. While fulfilling this obligation, KCCA and partners have constructed about 560 sanitation facilities in communities. These facilities […]

Musabe, K. (2015) Inventory for Formal and Informal Faecal Sludge Emptiers and the Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) Private Sector in Kampala

In Kampala, about 90% of the people rely on on-site sanitation solutions, which cannot be considered “improved” or “acceptable” in most cases: too many households share one toilet; pit-latrines are unlined, filled with solid wastes, and hard to access for emptying services, ultimately leading to filled-up facilities that are either abandoned or directly emptied into the environment, posing health and environmental risks for the city […]

Schuen, R., Musabe, K. (2015) Framework Conditions for Private Service Delivery in Faecal Sludge Management in Kampala

Sanitation issues are some of the most significant development challenges for Kampala City, Uganda. Like many other capital cities in developing countries, Kampala is experiencing rapid population and economic growth. However, provision of key services including adequate sanitation for the city population has not been in tandem with these developments. In Uganda, piped sanitation systems are available only to a very limited extent of the urban […]

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) (2016) An Inventory of Community Toilets 2016 Rubaga Division

Kampala city has a population of 1.5 million people with an estimated day population of 3.5 million. On average, two million people move through the city and need to use public/community sanitation facilities. Section 35 of the KCCA Act 2010 mandates KCCA to provide safe sanitation facilities in communities. While fulfilling this obligation, KCCA and partners have constructed about 560 sanitation facilities in communities. These facilities […]

Roeder, L. (2016) SFD Report (draft) - Tirupati, India SFD Promotion Initiative

Tirupati is situated in Chittoor district in the southern of the state of Andhra Pradesh with a total population of just under 375,000. The town is a pilgrimage center and attracts a total diurnal floating population of about 55,000. During religious festivals the diurnal floating population exceeds 100,000. In Tirupati it was estimated that 70% of excreta is managed safely while 30% of the excreta […]

Mbuya, M. N. N., Humphrey, J.H. (2016) Preventing environmental enteric dysfunction through improved water, sanitation and hygiene: an opportunity for stunting reduction in developing countries Review Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

In 2011, one in every four (26%) children under 5 years of age worldwide was stunted. The realization that most stunting cannot be explained by poor diet or by diarrhoea, nor completely reversed by optimized diet and reduced diarrhoea has led to the hypothesis that a primary underlying cause of stunting is subclinical gut disease. Essentially, ingested microbes set in motion two overlapping and interacting […]

Headey, D., Hoddinott, J., Park, S. (2016) Drivers of nutritional change in four South Asian countries: a dynamic observational analysis Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

This paper quantifies the factors explaining long-term improvements in child height for age z-scores in Bangladesh (1996/1997–2011), India (1992/1993–2005/2006), Nepal (1997–2011) and Pakistan (1991–2013). We apply the same statistical techniques to data from a common data source from which we have extracted a set of common explanatory variables that capture ‘nutrition-sensitive’ factors. Three are particularly important in explaining height for age z-score changes over these […]