the case for sanitation

The Drive to 2015 campaign is calling for an end to open defecation. It aims to raise awareness and provide tools to empower communities to be ‘sanitation drivers’, advocating for sustainable sanitation from government to grassroot levels. ...

14/05/2012 - 10:38

Nigeria ranks third on the list of countries with inadequate water supply and sanitation coverage globally, Godknows Igali, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, has said. Igali, who was speaking at the 11th session of Development ...

11/05/2012 - 12:20

The National Centre of Environmental Health and Water Supply (Nam Saat Centre) and SNV – Netherlands Development Organisation signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to cooperation aimed at providing better access to Water Supply, Sanitation ...

10/05/2012 - 12:30

Vidya Balan, who received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 2011 Bollywood hit ‘The Dirty Picture’, will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture in India. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has named the ...

08/05/2012 - 15:32

The Network for Civil Societies on Water and Sanitation ( NEWSAN ) has called on government at all levels to take urgent steps to boost water and sanitation conditions in the country. NEWSAN is a Non-Governmental Organisation ( NGO ) and a ...

07/05/2012 - 13:49

The world has met the MDG on the provision of clean drinking water five years early, but is set to miss its goal on basic sanitation by almost 1 billion people. An astonishing one-third of the world population, 2.5 billion people, lack access to ...

03/05/2012 - 16:10

The effects of undernutrition The undernutrition of babies, infants and children is horrible and a disgraceful blot on our human record. It is not just the immediate suffering, anguish and death. It is also the lasting impact: when stunted at age ...

11/05/2012 - 11:19

The delay to recognise the Community Led Total Sanitation ( CLTS ) legal enforcement has been cited as one of the factors that has led to the slow pace to enforce the Public Health Act Cap. 295 in Zambia. CLTS Public Health Prosecutor, Michael ...

30/04/2012 - 14:45

At the Sanitation and Water for All ( SWA ) High Level Meeting on 20th April, Ministers of Finance from developing countries, Ministers of Development Cooperation from donor countries and high-level representatives from development banks and other ...

25/04/2012 - 15:53

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting innovators to send letters of inquiry for the second round of the Reinvent The Toilet Challenge The Foundation is calling for a new set of innovative ideas to support their effort to reinvent ...

24/04/2012 - 12:00