Monitoring Challenges: In Water and Sanitation Sector
We are facing a number of monitoring challenges in drinking water supply and rural sanitation in India. This generally is hampering the overall pace of water sanitation infrastructure development to achieve the targets in access to safe water and availability of sustainable sanitation. In this article I will discuss the developmental processes and monitoring systems [...]
Liberia: President Sirleaf Finally Signs WASH Compact
The President of the Republic of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has finally signed the much talked about Liberia WASH Compact which was developed at the Multi Donor Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) held at the S.K.D Spokes Complex in Paynesville, outside Monrovia last year May. The Liberia WASH Compact is a product of [...]
Over 2.6 Billion people without access to basic sanitation – UNICEF Rep
The country representative of UNICEF to The Gambia, Mrs Aichatou Diawara-Flambert, has disclosed that more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation services, something she said many people take for granted. Madam Diawara-Flambert’s statement was read on her behalf by Sally Sadie-Singhateh at the 4th annual Global Hand Washing Day celebrated [...]
Cameroon: Unauthorized Disposal of waste to blame for disease outbreaks
In countries where waste is not wasted, tonnes of energy are generated for use in hospitals and laboratories for warming, and in kitchens where it replaces the conventional cooking gas. A significant proportion of cheap energy can be available for such uses if the tons of waste and garbage produced by Douala households were to [...]
The question we do not prefer to ask
What is the minimum amount of water for personal use? Before I come on to the aspect of looking for the answer, let me explain why I ask the question. I ask the question because it is the single most relevant and necessary question in a water stressed world. Unless we have an answer for [...]
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