by Polly Markandya | Jan 31, 2018 | News
Improving public health is one of the primary reasons for investing in sanitation infrastructure like sewer networks or sludge treatment plants. This makes sense: minimising contact with faeces almost certainly means that fewer people will get sick from diseases like...
by Polly Markandya | Jan 31, 2018
Creating a methodology so city-level sanitation investment decisions can be supported by a better understanding of pathogen flows This Policy Brief summarises an initial research study which developed a conceptual model of faecal pathogen pathways in urban...
by Polly Markandya | Aug 18, 2016
As part of its 2012 – 2015 DFID-funded research programme, WSUP commissioned a research project in Dhaka to explore behaviour change strategies to help users keep their toilets clean and functional. This Discussion Paper presents the context, methodology, results and...
by Polly Markandya | Jan 18, 2016
Improved sanitation is not just about building shiny new toilets – it is critical to maintain existing infrastructure. This Practice Note details a research project in Dhaka looking at behaviour change strategies to help users keep their toilets clean and functional....
by Polly Markandya | Oct 17, 2011
This paper puts forward the case for more widespread evaluation of the health impacts of WASH interventions. It argues that more frequent evaluation would encourage investors and implementers to focus on impacts rather than outputs, and would enable more objective...
