by Polly Markandya | Jun 26, 2019
Experience from SHARE, REACH and the Urban Sanitation Research Initiative Delivering high-quality research can be challenging. But achieving research uptake – impact on policy or other aspects of the “real world” – is enormously challenging. In low-income contexts the...
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 | Apr 29, 2019 | News
Our Chair, Lord Paul Boateng, recently visited Nairobi where he highlights the challenges caused by poor access to clean water and safe sanitation. Key to addressing this challenge is partnerships – at the local and national level – including city...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 25, 2019 | News
WSUP Advisory has launched a project to improve access to water for 600,000 people in small towns and rural growth centres in western Uganda, thanks to a four-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The funding will enable WSUP Advisory to provide support and...
by Polly Markandya | Apr 21, 2019
Ghana’s 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) are legally mandated to provide social services, including sanitation infrastructure and services, to their residents. MMDAs have full discretion over how they spend internally generated funds....
