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List of presenters and presentations This list contains the presentors and the titles of the presentations (translated into English) of the seminar on sanitation and governance, organised by IRC together with RRAS-CA (Red Regional de Agua y Saneamiento de Centro-America) and RAS-ES (Red de Agua y... Read more...
The purpose of the WASH governance training programme is to equip water and sanitation sector practitioners (trainers, capacity builders, NGOs, facilitators) in developing training programmes on water and sanitation governance and how to advocate good governance and best practices in practice. It... Read more...
Good governance is about improving peoples livelihoods, alleviating poverty and increasing the chances of sustainable development. One of the biggest challenges in the water and sanitation sector in developing countries is the significant gap between policymaking and implementation. There is no... Read more...
L’histoire à raconter doit porter sur une activité menée dans le secteur de l’eau, l’hygiène et l’assainissement et qui a contribué à aider les femmes, les hommes et/ou les enfants dans les pays en développement…Grâce à elle, vous pourrez être … Read more...
Plus de 10 millions de personnes sont frappées par la pire sécheresse depuis 60 ans dans certaines régions de la Corne de l’Afrique, confrontant certaines populations du Kenya, de Somalie et d’Ethiopie à de graves problèmes de malnutrition, selon les … Read more...
Une équipe de scientifiques vient de confirmer, dans un article publié dans la revue Nature, qu’un océan d’eau salée est bel et bien présent sous la surface d’Encelade, un des satellites de Saturne. Plusieurs survols supplémentaires de Cassini (issue d’un … Read more...
Les pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest seront confrontés au cours des prochaines années à un risque sérieux de manque de nourriture en raison des inondations constantes qui endommagent la région et ses ressources, ont averti des experts du climat réunis à … Read more...
Ce blog [ http://waterservicesthatlast.wordpress.com ] se veut un outil pour relater, de façon régulière, des expériences, histoires et soulever des questions sur l’approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural. Il poursuit les objectifs suivants : soulever des questions, susciter des discussions sur la... Read more...
Zogbadjè est une localité de la commune d’Abomey Calavi à quelques kilomètres de Cotonou au Bénin. Ici comme dans certaines localités notamment dans les milieux ruraux, il n’y a pas d’adduction d’eau de la société nationale des eaux du Bénin. Le manque de moyens de cette société d’Etat explique ses... Read more...
The Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Works and Housing and a former Greater Accra Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Honourable Edem Asimah, has stated that communities that benefit from water and sanitation projects must contribute to their... Read more...
Four young women fresh out of college ventured into this area to try and understand what options the communities might have for development and hope. Experience soon revealed that the key survival issue was drinking water, and that the burden of survival fell primarily on women, suppressed by a... Read more...
A good governance and accountability project has served as a catalyst for decentralisation in three West Nile districts in Uganda, empowering grass root communities to demand water and sanitation services and actively participate in affairs that affect them. This is the main conclusion of an... Read more...
The Uganda WASH sector is awash with government and non-government actors at national, district, sub-county and even parish level. However, the variation in mandates, agenda, and resources often lead to duplication and ineffectiveness in terms of service delivery, as well as lack of alignment with... Read more...
Increase national and international investments in WASH in Schools and engage those who set policies are two of the key messages emerging from recent debates organised by IRC, UNICEF and WASH in Schools partners in Europe in April and May 2011. Read more...
The International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) at UNICEF’s request conducted a study in Burkina Faso on analysing microbiology and physic-chemical quality of the water along its supply chain (welling, transport, storage).This was coupled with a study on behavioural... Read more...
The positive momentum that is supporting the sanitation and hygiene campaign in Nigeria owes a great deal to Engr. Ebele Okeke, WSSCC’s “WASH Ambassador” in the country. Read more...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and WaterAid in West Africa are supporting the West Africa WASH Journalists Network. Read more...
Registration is open for the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene, Mumbai, 9-14 October 2011. And the new Global WASH Campaign is here: Good Dignity Practices for Gross Domestic Product (GDP for GDP). Read more...
Environ 20% des personnes infectées par la bactérie présentent une diarrhée aiguë aqueuse et chez 10-20% d'entre elles, une diarrhée aqueuse sévère accompagnée des vomissements selon un document du Bureau Régional de l'Afrique de l'OMS. En l'absence d'un traitement rapide approprié, la perte des... Read more...
What works in hygiene and sanitation programming and what does not? Why, with so many good experiences and advances, are basic needs and challenges not met? What are our future priorities? These questions were addressed in eight regional practitioners’ workshops, held in four continents, during... Read more...
