Global Waters Stories - November 2019

World Toilet Day 2019: These Countries are Making Sanitation Gains with USAID’s Help

As we celebrate the transformative public health impacts of improved sanitation this November 19, USAID takes you from Ethiopia to Indonesia in this photo essay to showcase how innovative thinking, government action, and private sector participation have helped generate some of the greatest recent sanitation success stories around the world.

Strengthening Urban Indonesia’s Water and Sanitation Systems: Geser si Jahat (Out with the Bad) and the 1,000 Rupiah Healthy Toilets Movement

USAID is working with Indonesia's government and private sector to tackle the challenge of untreated waste through the regulation of sludge removal and provision of financing for septic tank construction.

Podcast: Bruce Gordon and Oliver Subasinghe on the 2019 Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) Report

Global Waters Radio presents the WHO's Bruce Gordon and USAID's Oliver Subasinghe discussing this report's key takeaways and how its data help inform the Agency's approach to WASH investments.