Vir, S. C. (2016) Improving women’s nutrition imperative for rapid reduction of childhood stunting in South Asia: coupling of nutrition specific interventions with nutrition sensitive measures essential Review Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

The implications of direct nutrition interventions on women’s nutrition, birth outcome and stunting rates in children in SouthAsia are indisputable and well documented. In the last decade, a number of studies present evidence of the role of non-nutritional factors impacting on women’s nutrition, birth outcome, caring practices and nutritional status of children. The implications of various dimensions of women’s empowerment and gender inequality on child […]

de Onis, M., Branca, F. (2016) Childhood stunting: a global perspective Review Article in: Maternal & Child Nutrition

Childhood stunting is the best overall indicator of children’s well-being and an accurate reflection of social inequalities. Stunting is the most prevalent form of child malnutrition with an estimated 161 million children worldwide in 2013 falling below 2 SD from the length-for-age/height-for-age World Health Organization Child Growth Standards median. Many more millions suffer from some degree of growth faltering as the entire length for-age/height-for-age z-score […]

Weiss, F. T. et al. (2016) Chemical pollution in low and middle-income countries

This report draws attention to the neglected issue of anthropogenic chemical pollution in low- and middle-income countries. The daily use of chemicals is omnipresent and only a few industrial sectors do not use chemical products. Consideration of chemical pollution issues are mainstream in the developed world where policy and practice engage in finding and implementing appropriate solutions. However, limited information and scientific evidence has yet been […]

Bright-Davies, L. et al. (2016) City sanitation planning package for Dar es Salaam

This City Sanitation Planning (CSP) package approach for Dar es Salaam was created in response to the need for a simple, fast and flexible tool for determining “which sanitation solutions go where”. CSP has the following advantages: • Can keep up with rapid urban growth and is fast to update as new data (e.g. satellite imagery, open-street maps, etc.) becomes available • Broad and inclusive coverage of all […]

Chambers, R., Myers, J. (2016) Norms, Knowledge and Usage Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights Issue 7

The partial or total non-use of toilets, with some or all in a household defecating in the open, is a growing concern. Although all households may have a toilet, communities cannot remain open defecation free unless they are always used by everyone. This is not just an issue of maintenance and accessibility but also of social norms, mind-sets, and cultural preferences. The problem is widespread […]

Musembi, C. N., Musyoki, S. M. (2016) CLTS and the right to sanitation Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights Issue 8

Lack of sanitation impacts on the rights to life and health, the right to education (through loss in school days, particularly for girls) and the right to dignity (UNRIC nd). The purpose of this issue of Frontiers of CLTS is to examine Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in light of human rights: Does CLTS contribute to realising the right to sanitation and other inter-related rights? Are the […]

Roose, S., Tom Rankin, T., Cavill, S. (2015) Breaking the next taboo: Menstrual hygiene within CLTS Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights Issue 6

Most adolescent girls and women menstruate. This means that for five to seven days each month they bleed through their vagina. This monthly bleeding is often accompanied by abdominal cramps, headaches, mood changes and general lethargy all of which can be exacerbated by social stigma, myths and a lack of requisite infrastructure to manage menstruation safely, privately and hygienically. The accumulated impact of these issues […]

House, S., Cavill, S. (2015) Making sanitation and hygiene safer: Reducing vulnerabilities to violence Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights Issue 5

This issue of Frontiers of CLTS brings together lessons on violence related to sanitation and hygiene and examples of good practice from a range of contexts including urban and humanitarian as well as rural. It interprets these lessons to propose good practice for CLTS practitioners in how they can contribute to reducing vulnerabilities to violence through the ways they work.

Maulit, J. A. (2014) How to trigger for handwashing with soap Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights Issue 2

The Open Defecation Free (ODF) Malawi 2015 Strategy and National Hand Washing Campaign have been contributing to an increased focus on handwashing with soap (HWWS) in Malawi.1 This is a very positive development! Some studies estimate that washing hands with soap can reduce diarrhoeal disease rates by up to 50 per cent and respiratory disease rates by up to 25 per cent. This makes handwashing with […]

GIZ (2013) Refresher course for plumbers on household conectivity Plumber's manual

This publication is a training manual for plumbers covering the plumbing aspects for connecting households to the septic tanks or sewerage systems. It aims to help improve the capacities of the plumbers, whose impacts on overall sanitation in the city is most important.

GIZ (2013) Refresher course for plumbers on household connectivity ToT manual

The mission of this programme is to educate plumbers on connections between Household and Public Sewerage Systems. This Training of Trainers manual is meant for trainers, in order to equip them with the skills to become expert trainers in this field. This manual is meant to be used in conjunction with the Plumber’s Training Manual and the Recommended Presentations (PPTs) to execute a successful training […]

Walther, D. (2016) Introducing City Sanitation Plan - SNUSP II Practitioner's Manual

“Introducing City Sanitation Plan: A Practitioners Manual” is a culmination of the long drawn process in introducing the importance of CSP for city development. It aims - to sensitize practitioners (key ULB level officials, decision makers, city engineers etc.) to the importance and significance of the CSP as a planning and guidance tool; to support them in understanding key concepts of the CSP preparation process […]

Dube, R. (2015) Improving lives The road to 100% city sanitation

This impact brochure introduces the reader to the main objectives and interventions of the project and highlights hands-on experiences from the ground. The main focus of this brochure lies on showing the impact of the project SNUSP on people living in cities, institutional processes such as sanitation planning and policy making at national, state and city level. Finally it provides insights on the next steps […]

Various authors (2011) Policy paper on septage management in India

With fast growing economy and urban population, the waste generation is steeply increasing in India. Due to paucity of resources, the local bodies, which are responsible for management of wastes, are not able to provide this service effectively. According to Centre Pollution Control Board (CPCB) study, out of 38254 MLD of sewage generated in India, the treatment facilities are available for 30% (11787MLD). The indiscriminate […]

Various authors (2016) CSE Workshop on Mainstreaming Citywide Sanitation: Opportunities and Challenges for Excreta Management

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a two day workshop on “Mainstreaming Citywide Sanitation: Opportunities and Challenges for Excreta Management” from April 4-5, 2016 in New Delhi. The objective of the workshop was to promote active exchange of experiences of national and international opportunities and challenges in excreta management. The workshop was attended by over 150 key sector policy makers, national/state functionaries, professionals, […]

Langergraber, G., Lechner, M., Müllegger, E. (Eds.) (2016) Composting Sustainable Sanitation Practice 26

Besides sanitation, solid waste management plays an important role in improving the hygienic conditions in cities. There are several strong links between sanitation and solid waste management. In sanitation systems without sewers, urine, faecal matter and faecal sludge have to be collected from the single households such as solid waste. Faecal matter as well as sludge from wastewater treatment plants can be treated by composting […]

Cross, X., Buckley, C. (2016) SFD Report - Durban, South Africa

ESCAP, UN-Habitat, AIT (2015) Policy guidance manual on wastewater management with a special emphasis on decentralized wastewater treatment systems

The Policy Guidance Manual on Wastewater Management with a special emphasis on Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS) highlights adequate policy and sustainable practices from the South-East Asia (SEA) region and worldwide. The primary objectives of the Policy Guidance Manual on DEWATS for SEA are three-fold: (a) to guide national and local policy-makers and experts of SEA in enabling pro-poor policies, strategies, legal, institutional, social, environmental and […]

Brossard, S., Graf, J., Kayser, O. (2015) Creating alliances to accelerate commercially viable sanitation Technical reports

The past decades have seen a growing appreciation of the role of market-based approaches in driving global development. Many coalitions of public and private players have emerged to promote them. How best to trigger and support these market-based approaches? How to leverage the expertise and resources of diverse members in coalitions? This paper presents insights from the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), a young alliance that […]

Milles, P., Shah, N., Fentem, J. (2013) Critical success criteria for evaluating sanitation models

Unilever believes that business has a role to play in solving the global sanitation crisis that leaves 2.5 billion people without access to improved sanitation. In 2012, Unilever convened the Toilet Board, a group of likeminded companies, NGOs and research professionals, with expertise in sanitation and a desire to take immediate action to address this issue. The Toilet Board aims to foster commercial approaches to […]