by Polly Markandya | Mar 18, 2020 | News
What does climate change mean for the most vulnerable people living in urban areas? Ahead of this year’s World Water Day, WSUP has been finding out how climate change affects the water and sanitation needs of city residents. The following stories give a snapshot of...
by Polly Markandya | Jan 14, 2020 | News
There is no greater way for city authorities and regulators to learn about developing inclusive water and sanitation services than from their peers – other institutions around the world who are confronting similar issues. That was the thinking behind the Urban...
by Polly Markandya | Nov 18, 2019 | News
To mark World Toilet Day, we’ve launched a new report which identifies steps needed to support cities in delivering citywide sanitation services. The report, entitled Systems Reboot, identifies four components crucial to bringing change for all urban residents: Begin...
by Polly Markandya | Oct 21, 2019 | News
The MapSan trial was a major 4-year research project which aimed to evaluate the health impacts of a shared sanitation intervention delivered by WSUP in the slums of Maputo. It’s the largest ever high-rigour study of the health impacts of urban sanitation. And now the...
by Polly Markandya | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Mozambique will need all the help it can get first to deliver basic services like housing and sanitation, and then to ensure they are built to last. This article was first published on Thomson Reuters Foundation News. By Carla Costa, Country Programme Manager for WSUP...