by Polly Markandya | Jul 16, 2019
WSUP has identified five myths which are stopping investors, agencies and policymakers from properly addressing the inadequate access to essential water and sanitation services in cities across Africa and South Asia. Myth one: Struggling utilities are unable to...
by Polly Markandya | Jul 11, 2019 | News
How to rebuild after the crisis? The devastating impacts of Cyclone Idai in early March were widespread across five of Mozambique’s eleven provinces, affecting 1.5 million people. The city of Beira was hardest hit, and thousands of families are still struggling to get...
by Polly Markandya | May 28, 2019 | News
“I want girls my age to know everything about menstrual hygiene.” Seventeen-year old Tina Akhter is an active member of a group that regularly meets to discuss hygiene issues in her community in Dhaka, Bangladesh. “My period started when I was 12 years old and I...
by Polly Markandya | May 4, 2019
Participatory Health and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) is a behaviour change methodology designed to engage participants at every stage of the process of improving health, hygiene and sanitation behaviours. This Practice Note evaluates the early results of a Comic...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 18, 2019 | News
“We teach students about personal hygiene. But we don’t have sufficient arrangements for the students to practice that. As result, most of the time students take their tiffin without washing their hands,” says primary school teacher Rokeya Akter. In...
