Blog by Dr Alison Parker, a Lecturer in the Cranfield Water Science Institute. Cranfield is a Member of WSUP. This week Cranfield University is receiving the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of our 25 years of education and research on water and sanitation for developing countries. WSUP has been alongside Cranfield on that journey for […]
At WSUP, we believe that our work has a wide range of impacts. Although many of these are logically straightforward, they can be very difficult to value in practice. How do you measure the wider impact on health, the economy and general wellbeing associated with providing a person with clean water? Total Impact Measurement and […]
It’s mid-morning when we meet Timinah Nyamai at her home in Changamwe, Mombasa. She’s washing dishes at the tap on her doorstep – it’s only been two weeks since the water started running, and she can’t hide her joy. Born and raised in Mombasa County, she tells us that only a few months earlier she […]
A different city, a different context, and different participants – but the same challenges and enthusiasm to overcome them in Madagascar last week. Following training in Kenya earlier this month, our seven-day course in Antananarivo was delivered to Masters students currently studying urban management but with little or no technical experience in the WASH sector. […]
WSUP and WEDC (the Water, Engineering, and Development Centre of Loughborough University) have jointly developed a Masters-level professional training module, ‘Water and Sanitation for Urban Low-Income Communities’. The course is now being rolled out through training sessions in Mozambique, Ghana, Bangladesh, Madagascar, and Kenya. The course aims to fill a gap in professional training on […]
5,765,986 with improved hygiene practices* Diseases related to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene are among the world’s most serious public health problems. Poor hygiene practices, such as not washing hands with soap or unhygienic water storage, are major contributors to ill health and the spread of disease. WSUP’s work in hygiene is primarily focused on […]
Blog by Guy Norman, Director of Research & Evaluation Yesterday at the Water & Health Conference 2015 at the University of North Carolina (UNC), we ran an interesting session around “where next?” for urban sanitation research. “We” means myself and inspiring colleague Radu Ban of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation… though I stress that […]
Last week saw a storm of press activity as world leaders ratified the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a recent blog Neil Jeffery highlighted that while improved access to a safe water supply is rightly cited as a success story of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), an estimated 663 million people still lack access, with an […]
In discussions around the MDGs, improved access to a safe water supply is often cited as a success story. The data supports this narrative – 2.6 billion have gained access to improved drinking water since 1990, and over half of the global population (58%) now have piped drinking water on their premises. While this is a […]
WSUP and WEDC (the Water, Engineering and Development Centre of Loughborough University) have jointly developed a Masters-level professional training module “Water and Sanitation for Urban Low-Income Communities” and have made the training materials freely available on WSUP’s website. We’ve had a great response so far with 75 academics, students and WASH practitioners from over 25 […]
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