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Focusing on Sanitation in Rural Senegal and Africa’s Commitment to Safely Managed Sanitation

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
In 2015, Africa adopted the Ngor Declaration on Sanitation and Hygiene. The Ngor Declaration outlines 10 commitments to achieve universal access to adequate and sustainable...
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capacity building governance hygiene health rural sanitation sanitation service provision urban sanitation

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Rotary-USAID Partnership Improving Sanitation in Western Ghana

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Since 2016, USAID/Ghana, through its WASH For Health program, has been working with 35 local Rotary clubs and governmental agencies to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene...
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community-led total sanitation handwashing latrines sanitation toilets WASH

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We Asked and You Responded: Globalwaters.org Users Provide Feedback

Friday, February 1, 2019
In 2018, the Globalwaters.org team celebrated the one-year anniversary of the site’s public launch, we took this opportunity to pause and reflect and solicit your thoughts...
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communications knowledge management

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Water @ Wilson: 50 Years of Water, Conflict, and Cooperation

Wednesday, December 19, 2018
On the occasion of the Wilson Center's 50th anniversary, its Environmental Change and Security Program and nine co-sponsoring programs convened experts on November 28 from...
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conflict transboundary water security water supply

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Realizing the Scoop on Poop in Ethiopia’s Lowland Regions

Friday, December 14, 2018
USAID/Ethiopia's Lowland WASH project is using USAID’s Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) framework to help reevaluate and improve the effectiveness of its open...
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community-led total sanitation data open defecation pastoralism sanitation

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Examining USAID Efforts to Strengthen India’s Urban Water and Sanitation Sector Governance and Finance

Wednesday, December 5, 2018
From 1994–2011, USAID’s Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion–Debt and Infrastructure (FIRE-D) activity partnered with India’s central, state, and municipal governments...
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capacity building ex-post evaluation finance governance institutional strengthening

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Podcast Features Two Thought Leaders on How Tackle the Global Sanitation Crisis

Monday, December 3, 2018
“I have seen that real change comes from the bottom up, from pressure from society—from good, willing people and action groups who actually put pressure on their governments...
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finance governance health hygiene open defecation wastewater

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Reflections on the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Annual Water and Health Conference

Friday, November 16, 2018
The UNC’s Water Institute annual policy-meets-science exchange has become the go-to domestic knowledge-sharing forum among water and sanitation development practitioners,...
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finance health menstrual hygiene rural water supply

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Webinar Explores Barriers to Effective Sanitation Enterprises

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
The provision of sustainable sanitation for all is one of the world’s most important development priorities, yet 4.5 billion people lack access to a safe toilet. Past efforts...
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economic development health improved sanitation market-based sanitation sanitation service provision toilets wastewater

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7th Africa Water Week: Canisius Kanangire and Richard Rapier on Strategic Planning for Africa’s Water and Sanitation Sectors

Wednesday, October 24, 2018
“The changes on the African continent are very much alarming—when we talk of sanitation and look at the growth of the populations in Africa, and also the urbanization...
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agriculture economic development governance improved sanitation water security water supply transboundary wastewater

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Where to Find USAID at the 2018 UNC Water and Health Conference

Friday, October 12, 2018
The Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy will take place October 29–November 2, 2018, at the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill. The UNC Water...
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conferences emergency services health hygiene improved sanitation rural water supply water scarcity water security women and girls

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Sylvia Cabus on Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation Programming

Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Sylvia Cabus, the Senior Gender Advisor for USAID’s Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, recently chatted with Global Waters Radio about the connection between...
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economic development gender gender mainstreaming health hygiene improved sanitation water supply women and girls

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Key Takeaways from Stockholm World Water Week 2018

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
More than 3,000 practitioners and decision-makers gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, at the end of August 2018 for World Water Week. Hosted by the Stockholm International Water...
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gender health hygiene improved sanitation water quality water security water supply wastewater

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The Ripple Effect: Supporting Women’s Empowerment through Water

Monday, September 17, 2018
New research demonstrates that improving a woman’s access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) provides a multitude of indirect and positive impacts that often are...
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conferences gender gender mainstreaming health hygiene improved sanitation water supply women and girls World Water Week

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Check Out USAID at World Water Week 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018
World Water Week starts in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 26. The annual gathering organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has become a focal point for...
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agriculture gender health sanitation water quality water security water supply World Water Week

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