Schmidt, C. W. (2014) Beyond Malnutrition The Role of Sanitation in Stunted Growth

Researchers are exploring the possibility that poor hygiene and a lack of sanitation induce a gut disorder called environmental enteropathy (EE) that diverts energy from growth toward an ongoing fight against subclinical infection. Nutritionists are now collaborating with experts in a field known as water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and their combined efforts are helping to galvanize regional programs to improve hygiene in countries afflicted […]

Concern Worldwide (2014) How to better link WASH and nutrition programmes Concern Worldwide

This paper aims to provide some practical guidance on how water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes can be more nutrition-sensitive and how nutrition programmes can incorporate more WASH aspects. It should be useful for all project staff working in nutrition and WASH programmes when WASH and/or a nutrition programme are in operation.

WASHplus Project (2013) Integrating water, sanitation, and hygiene into nutrition programming WASHplus

Unsafe water was considered the primary cause of diarrhea in children transitioning from an exclusive breastfeeding diet, but recent evidence also points to unsafe food. The brochure highlights some WASH interventions that can prevent diarrhea and undernutrition even in hygiene-challenged environments.

UNICEF (2013) Improving Child Nutrition The achievable imperative for global progress

UNICEF’s 2009 report Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition drew attention to the impact of high levels of undernutrition on child survival, growth and development and their social and economic toll on nations. It described the state of nutrition programmes worldwide and argued for improving and expanding delivery of key nutrition interventions during the critical 1,000-day window covering a woman’s pregnancy and the first […]

Scaling Up Nutrition (2010) Scaling Up Nutrition A Framework For Action

The purpose of the policy brief is to provide an outline of the emerging framework of key considerations, principles and priorities for action to address undernutrition and to mobilize support for increased investment in a set of nutrition interventions across different sectors. Thus, the intended audience is principally policymakers and opinion leaders, rather than nutrition specialists.

Blariaux, D. et al. (2011) Addressing undernutrition in external assistance An integrated approach through sectors and aid modalities

The EU Reference Document on Addressing Undernutrition in External Assistance seeks to help transform aid programmes so that they can achieve real progress in preventing undernutrition. It provides a detailed description of how nutrition benefits can be realised by modifying the design of programmes in all relevant sectors and thematic areas - from health to governance, food security to gender.

Departement Technique Action contre la FAIM-Fr (2007) Interactions of: Malnutrition, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Infections

(Version 2005, revised 2007, produced (CD format) 2007) The article examines how the factors malnutrition, water sanitation and hygiene and infections interact and draws conclusions for future work on tackling the issues

The Lancet (2013) The Lancet’s Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Executive Summary

Maternal and child undernutrition was the subject of a Series of papers in The Lancet in 2008. Five years after the initial series, the problems of maternal and child undernutrition were re-evaluated.

Kvarnström, E., McConville, J., Bracken, P., Johannson, F., Fogde, M. (2011) The sanitation ladder – a need for a revamp?

The sanitation ladder is a useful tool that is being used to monitor progress towards the sanitation target of the MDGs. This tool could be even more useful if it can be refined to be based on the functions of sanitation systems rather than on a hierarchy of predefined sanitation technologies. This paper presents a seven-rung function-based sanitation ladder where the functions can be broadly divided […]

Various authors (2013) The Cambodia Sanitation Marketing Scale Up Project (SMSU) Various documents on results from research grant

Hill, B. G. (2013) An evaluation of waterless human waste management systems at North American public remote sites

The absence of sewers and roads at backcountry sites makes the management of human excreta offensive, intensive, and expensive. Proper management is essential in order to prevent deleterious pathogen and nutrient discharge. The dearth of resources, vague certification standards, absence of monitoring, and erroneous popular perception have caused misapplication of systems and mismanagement of end products. Elevated environmental impacts, human health risks, and management costs […]

Spears, D., Ghosh, A., Cumming, O. (2013) Open Defecation and Childhood Stunting in India: An Ecological Analysis of New Data from 112 Districts

Spears, D. (2013) Essays in the Economics of Sanitation and Human Capital in Developing Countries

Denis, C., Lapegue, J., Lellouche, K., Lozano, R., Rodriguez, E. (2014) EAH et sous-nutrition (in French) Briefing paper

La première partie de ce document explique le lien entre les interventions EAH et la sous-nutrition et l’importance de ce secteur dans une stratégie de lutte contre la sous-nutrition. La deuxième partie illustre le manque de priorisation et de financement du secteur EAH dans les programmes nutritionnels nationaux et internationaux. Available in English titled "WASH and Undernutrition" (see link below).

Denis, C., Lapegue, J., Lellouche, K., Lozano, R., Rodriguez, E. (2014) WASH and Undernutrition Briefing paper

The first section of this document explains the links between WASH interventions and undernutrition as well as the important role the WASH sector has to play within a strategy to combat undernutrition. The second section highlights the low priority and poor funding that the WASH sector obtains within national and international nutrition programmes. Available in French titled "EAH et sous-nutrition" (see link below).

Appalachian Trail Conservancy (2014) Backcountry Sanitation Manual, 2nd Edition

This document is about low-temperature slow composting toilets (called her moldering privy) in remote hiking areas in the US. ++++++++++++ The ATC Backcountry Sanitation Manual addresses the management of human waste in the backcountry. Proper management of human waste protects hikers, the environment, and trail maintainers. Resolving problems of backcountry sanitation is a continuous challenge for AppalachianTrail (A.T.) clubs and land managers. This manual was created in the belief that all remote recreation areas will benefit […]

Cumming, O. et al. (2014) Does Global Progress on Sanitation Really Lag behind Water? An Analysis of Global Progress on Community- and HouseholdLevel Access to Safe Water and Sanitation

Smith, L., Haddad,L. (2014) Reducing Child Undernutrition: Past Drivers and Priorities for the Post-MDG Era IDS Working Paper

Galay Jr., C.L., Finnson, A. (2015) Options for Ecological Sanitation in the Artisan Fishing or Blue-Green Economy Sustainable Development with Off-shore Blue-Green Carbon Sequestration

von Muench, E., Spuhler, D., Surridge, T., Ekane, N., Andersson, K., Fidan, E. G., Rosemarin, A. (2013) Sustainable Sanitation Alliance members take a closer look at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s sanitation grants

This paper explains how 85 sanitation research grants awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are being discussed on the open Sustainable Sanitation Alliance discussion forum in order to link these innovative sanitation science and technology research projects to the wider international sanitation community. In late 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded a grant to the Stockholm Environment Institute to showcase the Foundation’s […]