Situation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Bangladesh
This report, an output of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a lower middle-income country with high...
View ArticleSituation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Kenya
This report, part of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Kenya. Kenya is one of Africa’s top 10 economies, experiencing strong urban...
View ArticleSituation Analysis of the Urban Sanitation Sector in Ghana
This report, part of WSUP’s Urban Sanitation Research Initiative, explores the background to the urban sanitation sector in Ghana. Ghana is a fast-growing economy that has made notable progress in...
View ArticleSustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models: Findings of...
With 2.1 billion people – mostly in rural areas – lacking safely managed drinking water and reported low rural water supply functionality rates, the Sustainable Development Goals pose a triple...
View ArticleWhat can the United States Learn from the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)...
Country-led political and financial commitments to nutrition goals are widely recognized as critical to reducing malnutrition at scale. This report seeks to examine the relationship between...
View ArticleSustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models: Findings of...
This policy brief summarizes the key findings from a multi-country sustainability assessment of rural water service delivery models conducted in 2016–17. This assessment used a case-study approach to...
View ArticleScoping Urban Sanitation Services in Three Countries
In early 2017, WSUP commissioned a situation analysis of urban sanitation services in Bangladesh, Ghana and Kenya, in order to identify potential research areas as part of the DFID-funded Urban...
View ArticleThe Cost of Water Project
The Cost of Water Project supports the effective planning and sustainable management of water supply systems in refugee camps and settlements. Launched in 2014 by the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene...
View ArticleSupporting Sustainable WASH Services in Difficult Operating Environments: A...
If WASH services are to deliver continuous benefits to users, they must be supported by strong, responsive, permanent in-country institutions. Strengthening permanent institutions is very challenging...
View ArticlePromoting Handwashing and Sanitation Behaviour Change in Low- and...
Diarrhoeal diseases are very common causes of death in low and middle-income countries. The aim for this systematic review was to show which promotional approaches might change handwashing and...
View ArticleHumanitarian interventions in Ethiopia responding to acute watery diarrhoea
This rapid review has found that there are many gaps in the evidence on humanitarian responses to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Ethiopia, specifically in terms of necessary cross district and/or...
View ArticleSimple solutions: WASH and maternal infection prevention
Growing attention on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and its links to infection prevention and control (IPC) is coming to the forefront of positive change in maternal and newborn health services...
View ArticleIncreasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the...
This annual review assesses the outputs of the Increasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) programme, and how they contribute to...
View ArticleSolid waste and faecal sludge management in situations of rapid, mass...
Solid waste and faecal sludge management in situations of rapid mass displacement are important to public health and providing for a better environment. Despite this, both have been neglected in WASH...
View ArticleManagement Models for Piped Water Supply Services
This resource, written by Aguaconsult and WaterAid, has been developed primarily for WaterAid staff and partners to help in the selection of the most appropriate management models for piped water...
View ArticleCelebrating gender transformative water, sanitation and hygiene in Vietnam
This blog originally appeared on the Institute of Development Studies website, and is written by Elaine Mercer. Within the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, gender issues are frequently...
View ArticlePeriod Poverty Impact on the Economic Empowerment of Women
The aim of this review was to present the recent evidence on the period poverty (lack of access to sanitary products, WASH facilities, dignity, and information about menstruation) impact on the...
View ArticleWastewater Treatment Plants in rapid mass displacement situations
This rapid review report has identified the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) options used in emergency settings, with decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and mobile wastewater...
View ArticleMenstrual cup use, leakage, acceptability, safety, and availability: a...
Girls and women need effective, safe, and affordable menstrual products. Single-use products are regularly selected by agencies for resource-poor settings; the menstrual cup is a less known...
View ArticleNine ideas for gender transformative WASH programming
This blog offers advice for practitioners wanting to apply gender transformative approaches to WASH programming. This blog was written by Elaine Mercer for the CLTS Knowledge Hub and originally...
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