Malawi's strategy for becoming ODF by 2015
Leaflet that outlines Malawi’s Strategy for Becoming Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2015.
Date: 25 April 2013
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Monitoring and sustainability
How to Trigger for Handwashing with Soap
This guide outlines several practical tools which can be used as part of CLTS in order to trigger realization among communities of the importance of handwashing with soap, as well as eliminating open defecation.
Date: 25 April 2013
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The potential of WASH in extra household settings:
The session on extra-household settings focused on sanitation and hygiene issues beyond the household, eg schools, markets, health facilities, refugee camps, settings with internally displaced people, prisons, and mass gatherings.
WASH beyond the household: consequences, monitoring and what about CLTS?
After three very intense days of Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, there were still several side events on Friday 12th of April. I attended one on monitoring WASH in extra household settings...
Measuring handwashing behaviour change and use(fulness) of M&E data
The last official day of the symposium brought forth many interesting things to think about. Some of the key things discussed were various ways of measuring hand washing behaviour and whether the information we collect is actually used.
Post-2015 WASH indicators and highlights of the Symposium
The third and last day of the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium has also been very interesting. We listened to a couple of new presentations, among which the one about post-2015 indicators was the most appealing to me. In addition, we also had the opportunity to reflect on what we had learnt and the key questions we were taking with us.
On the ground realities and inclusion
The second day of the WASH M&E Symposium built off the momentum gained from the day before. Many interesting topics were discussed, including how well information gathered from monitoring truly reflects the reality on the ground and the inclusion of equity in our monitoring efforts in order to reach universal access. Both of these presentations encourage practitioners to truly understand the realities of those on the ground.
Equity, the politics of monitoring and smart technology
The second day of the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium has been really exciting, with a lot of interesting presentations. I want to share here the four ideas that were most appealing to me: The Polictics of Monitoring; Applying an Equity Lens; Heterogeneity in Women's Experience? and The Potential of Using Smartphones in Monitoring Sanitation.
IRC symposium on Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium kicks off in Addis Ababa
Yesterday (9th April 2013), the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, started in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. There are 409 participants from different institutions –international NGOs, governments, academia, consultants– involved in the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) sector, coming from all over the world. Here, I will just share some of the most enlightening insights of my first day.
Reflections from the first day of the IRC symposium on Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery
Over 400 people from 58 countries gathered together in Addis Ababa to begin 3 days of discussions on sustainable WASH M&E. The symposium is hosted by IRC (with support from the Government of Ethiopia, AMCOW, and various organizations) and includes WASH practitioners from government, NGOs, international organizations and academics, among other participants. The vision of the symposium in short is to drive towards "strong national sector monitoring systems that allow for planning and sustaining WASH services". There's a strong push towards government-led monitoring systems and continuous monitoring over time, not only of infrastructure but of the various components of WASH service delivery (e.g. the financing, the cost effectiveness, the behaviour changes).
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