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ToiletFinder UK for iPhone
WaterAid is offering an iPhone application “ToiletFinder UK” using geolocation to find public toilets in the UK. The application locates the nearest public toilet(s) and displays them in m… more →
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ToiletFinder UK for iPhone
dietvorst wrote 2 days ago: WaterAid is offering an iPhone application “ToiletFinder UK” using geolocation to find p … more →
Company starts marketing urine-separating toilets in Chile
dietvorst wrote 4 days ago: Chilean chemical solutions firm Sinquiver is looking into marketing urine separation systems in Chil … more →
Ghana's Ato Kwamena Dadzie - More tales from the loo
envhealth@usaid wrote 6 days ago: Thursday, I had a lot of fun talking about one of my favourite subjects – the toilet. How we do it. … more →
New publication: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Standards for Schools in Low-cost Settings
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Adams, J., Bartram, J., Chartier, Y. and Sims, J. (eds) (2009). Water, sanitation and hygiene standa … more →
U.N. rights experts call for proper toilets in prisons
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dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: People held in jails and other detention centres around the world frequently have no access to clean … more →
Affordable Twin Purpose Toilet For World's Rural Poor
envhealth@usaid wrote 1 week ago: SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Bernama) – The world’s poor and rural communities will soon have acce … more →
The 'big squat' to take a stand on sanitation - Jack Sim in Chennai
dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Jack Sim, founder, World Toilet Organization (the other WTO, as he puts it) was in Chennai [India] f … more →
Southern African network for sustainable sanitation launched
dijoh2o wrote 2 weeks ago: The Ecological Sanitation Research group (EcoSanRes) at Stockholm Environment Institute has launched … more →
A luxury item? WaterAid releases World Toilet Day video
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dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: In the run up to World Toilet Day on 19 November, WaterAid has released a new short highlighting the … more →
Rose George - How to save the world with sanitation
envhealth@usaid wrote 2 weeks ago: There is a feisty old woman in every village. In Maparanhanga, a remote village in Mozambique, reach … more →
Kenya - Replacing the bucket latrine
envhealth@usaid wrote 3 weeks ago: WAJIR EAST, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) – The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-sc … more →
Ghana, Accra: Owning Latrines “Makes us Fat” – Local Community
dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: Generally, the main perceived advantages of latrine ownership are proximity/easy access and privacy. … more →
Nepal: menstruation a bugbear for schoolgirls
dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: Rural women in Nepal, especially schoolgirls, are still treated as untouchables during menstruation, … more →
Nepal: Sanitation finally a priority
dietvorst wrote 3 weeks ago: The diarrhoea that spread earlier in 2009 in 18 districts across Nepal killed nearly 300 people; nea … more →
New research on diarrheal diseases
envhealth@usaid wrote 3 weeks ago: Diarrhoea kills over a million over-fives each year The number of deaths that could be prevented by … more →
Report of Consultation on Sustainable Sanitation, Arghyam Trust, Bangalore, 09 Sept 2009
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dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: A consultation was organised by Arghyam Trust on 9th September 2009 at Bangalore, to share civil soc … more →
Bangladesh: microfinance agencies enable entrepreneurs to provide more sanitation technology options
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dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Over the last five years in Bangladesh, more than 90 million people have moved away from open defeca … more →
Pakistan: moving beyond open defecation free sanitation
dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: CLTS Picture book. Plan International Pakistan Pakistan has taken an important step towards improved … more →
India: use pour flush system in toilets to save water, UNICEF
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dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: UNICEF has called for promoting Pour Flush System in toilets stating it is far better than the tradi … more →
