Poverty

India's Sanitation for All

Providing environmentally-safe sanitation to millions of people is a significant challenge, especially in the world’s second most populated country. The task is doubly difficult in a country where the introduction of new technologies can challenge people’s traditions and beliefs.

Sanitation Issue: Water Supply, Water Quality, Water, Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC), Toilets and Latrines, Solid Waste, Society, Poverty, Policies and Programmes, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Menstrual Hygiene, Manual Scavenging, Human Excreta (Night soil), Household Toilets, Health, Hand-washing, Diseases, Diarrhoea, Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Biogas and Biogas Plants, Technology, Hygiene, Wastewater
Content Type: Case Studies
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Associated people/organizations: Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS), Government of India (GoI), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Sulabh International
Language: English
Author: Sekhar Bonu, Hun Kim, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Source: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Location / Time: 2009, India

Sustaining the Sanitation Revolution

“Sustaining the Sanitation Revolution-India Country Paper” has been presented and published by the Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) for SACOSAN-III in 16-21 November 2008, paper is divided into two parts – rural and urban sanitation however, in both rural and urban spheres, it highlights the promising initiatives are underway to tackle the sanitation challenge in India.

Sanitation Issue: Approaches, Behavioural Change, Capacity-Building, Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Dignity, Diseases, Ecological Sanitation(Ecosan), Events/Campaigns, Health, Household Toilets, Institutions, Menstrual Hygiene, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), National Urban Sanitation Policy(NUSP), Nirmal Gram Puraskar(NGP), Open-Defecation Free(ODF), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Policies and Programmes, Policy Advocacy and Lobbying, Poverty, Rural Sanitary Mart (RSM), SACOSAN, Schools and Child-care Centres (Anganwadis), Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Society, Solid Waste, Toilets and Latrines, Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC), Water, Water Quality, Water Supply, Gender, Technology, Hygiene, Solid Waste Management
Content Type: Case Studies
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Language: English
Author: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GoI), Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS)
Source: Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GoI), Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS)
Location / Time: 2008, India

Total Sanitation Campaign- Guidelines

“Guidelines: Central Rural Sanitation Programme-Total Sanitation Campaign” has been published by Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply in December 2007. Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) was restructured in the year 1999 exhibiting a paradigm shift in the approach and Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was introduced. At present, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is the only rural sanitation programme implemented by Ministry of Rural Development. The document were developed in the context of the TSC programme in India, it provide objectives, strategy, approach and many useful guidelines.

School Sanitation and Hygiene Education in India 2004

Country Paper Series “School sanitation and hygiene education in India: Investment in building children’s future” has been published by Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply for SSHE Global Symposium “Construction is Not Enough” Delft, The Netherlands 8-10 June, 2004, the books were developed in the context of the School Water and Sanitation Towards Health and Hygiene (SWASTHH) programme in India.

Sanitation Issue: Water Supply, Water Quality, Water, Total Sanitation Campaign(TSC), Toilets and Latrines, Society, Self-Help Groups (SHGs), Schools and Child-care Centres (Anganwadis), School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE), Rural Sanitary Mart (RSM), Poverty, Policies and Programmes, Policy Advocacy and Lobbying, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Institutions, Health, Community Participation, Capacity-Building, Approaches, Gender, Technology, Hygiene
Content Type: Case Studies
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Language: English
Author: The Netherlands, Delft
Source: The Netherlands, Delft
Location / Time: India, 2004

Solutions to Defeat a Global Killer

“Diarrheal disease: Solutions to Defeat a Global Killer”, the research study conducted by PATH to evaluate the global health funding and policy landscape found that diarrheal disease ranked last among a list of other global health issues. Public awareness of this issue is also low, making it difficult to mobilize commitments and resources. In donor countries such as the United States, many are unaware of the burden of diarrheal disease and the existing prevention and treatment options.

Sanitation Issue: Water Supply, Water Quality, Water, Ventilated-Improved Pit Latrines, Toilets and Latrines, Solid Waste, Society, Poverty, Pour-flush Toilets, Policies and Programmes, Pits, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Health, Hand-washing, Diseases, Diarrhoea, Coverable Pit, Compost, Behavioural Change, Approaches, Technology, Hygiene
Content Type: Case Studies
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Language: English
Author: PATH
Source: PATH
Location / Time: India

Diarhhoea Report

In 2006, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a report highlighting the most common cause of death among children. The purpose was to raise the profile of that neglected disease. This report is written with the intent to focus attention on the prevention and management of diarrhoeal diseases as central to improving child survival.

Sanitation Issue: Water, Toilets and Latrines, Society, Poverty, Policies and Programmes, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Health, Hand-washing, Diseases, Diarrhoea, Technology, Hygiene
Content Type: Case Studies
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Language: English
Author: World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Location / Time: South Asia, India, Africa, 2009

Department for International Development

“Water: An increasingly precious resource Sanitation: A matter of dignity”, have been developed and published by Department for International Development in 2008, is policy report highlights the priorities for tackling water and sanitation issues.