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Are the rights of people with disabilities included in international guidance on WASH during COVID?

Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 05:58 PM

Everyone has the right to WASH services and facilities, but people with disabilities often face difficulties with access. These challenges include barriers in the physical environment...

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Water, women and disability: Using mixed-methods to support inclusive WASH programme design

Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 05:38 PM

Adequate access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is imperative for health and well- being, yet people with disabilities, people with incontinence and people who menstruate...

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Improving Menstrual Health | a Toolkit for Community Facilitators in Solomon Islands

Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 04:56 PM

This toolkit was produced through the New Times, New Targets Project, which aims to improve sustainable and inclusive access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and...

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Behaviour-Centred Design research methods for safe interventions in child faeces management

Posted on Thursday, May 13, 2021 01:28 PM

Solomon Islands National University Researchers, including Sheilla Funobo (below) and Patishadel Jonah interviewed community participants to understand routines, motives...

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Making menstrual health and hygiene pivotal, not peripheral this Menstrual Hygiene Day

Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 02:54 PM

The time is over for peripheral programming on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) in WASH. It is now pivotal, particularly given the context of COVID-19 restrictions, which...

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