Young female influencers energise the campaign against menstrual taboos in Nepal – and beyond
‘Clicktivism‘ is proving an effective tool for challenging harmful practices and for empowering young women in Nepal.
Topic Category: WASH
Beyond toilets: Managing human waste across the sanitation chain in India
In a bid to end open defaecation, India has built more than 100 million toilets since 2014. But to protect human health and the environment, cities have to safely manage what comes out of them. Shit Flow Diagrams have emerged as a key tool to help them plan and monitor progress.
The Shhh Job: Sanitation for liveable cities
Poor sanitation comes with a cost – it affects the affected individuals’ and populations’ health status and their productivity. Zambia, for example, loses 1.3 percent of GDP due to public health impacts of poor sanitation which results in child malnutrition, illness and premature death.
Uncomfortable truths: How Shit Flow Diagrams expose the gaps in urban sanitation systems – and help to close them
In rapidly growing cities in Africa and Asia, the sanitation needs of the very poorest are often neglected – to the detriment of public health. By visualising how excreta is managed as it moves through a city, Shit Flow Diagrams can help municipal authorities to prioritise investments where they are needed most.
Menstrual Hygiene Day: Nepal’s movement for dignified menstruation gathers pace
More than 80 organisations and activists are now part of a growing alliance that is working to educate, advocate and break the silence surrounding menstruation.
Nepal’s Menstrual Movement: Two short films
Keki Adhikari is a well-known actress, model and film producer in her native Nepal. Since October 2020, she has a new role: as goodwill ambassador for menstrual health. Working with the GIZ-implemented Support to the Health Sector Programme (S2HSP) and the Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management Partners Alliance (MHM PA), she is raising awareness about …
Tackling healthcare waste on the top of the world
Not long ago in Nepal, like in many other lower-middle income countries, healthcare waste – from personal protective equipment, such as gloves and gowns, to used swabs and bandages, expired drugs, needles, laboratory reagents and chemicals – was simply dumped behind health facilities, mixed with general waste and sent to landfills, or openly burned.
Cambodian schools aim for the stars
A simple approach to monitoring water, sanitation and hygiene standards is triggering action
Infection control in Kyrgyz health facilities
Rapid support for primary health care centers in a time of great confusion
Hot off the press: ‘No time to waste’ in Nepal
Transforming healthcare waste management for a healthier, more sustainable Nepal