About Us
Our Story
The Centre for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED) was established in 2003 as a semi-autonomous unit within the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Then the Polytechnic, under University of Malawi). WASHTED is a training and research centre within the School of Science and Technology, offering a multi and interdisciplinary range of skills through its affiliated members. The Centre hosts a team of experts, as it draws upon the skills of all five schools within the institution, namely: Science and Technology, Engineering, Built Environment, Commerce and Education and Media Studies.
The centre is headed by a director with the support of academic members from the School of Science and Technology. The centre has a dedicated team of research associates and assistants whose work is to support the centre achieving its research, consultants and outreach service’ goals.
The main objectives of the centre include capacity building in the field of water, sanitation and appropriate technology development; conducting research and consultancy; developing and adopting technologies appropriate to the local environment; and disseminating information to national and international stakeholders
Our Vision
To be a centre of excellence for research, capacity building and outreach in water, sanitation, hygiene and appropriate technology development, for health.
Our Mission
To be a leader in generating knowledge, and through dissemination, inform policy and practice.
WASHTED’s multidisciplinary approach aims to contribute significantly towards the achievement of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through local and international collaboration.
Our Work
Over the years, WASHTED has contributed significantly to the development of the WASH, health and renewable energy sectors in Malawi, and our primary focus is to continue contributing toward the achievement of the Malawi 2063 agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
To date, our expertise has focused on areas of community health (healthy settings), sanitation (faecal sludge management, EcoSan, CLTS), hygiene (behaviour change, food hygiene, handwashing), water (household water treatment systems) and renewable energy (lighting of health centres and schools, solar water supply, community solar kiosks etc)
Our Work
Over the years, WASHTED has contributed significantly to the development of the WASH, health and renewable energy sectors in Malawi, and our primary focus is to continue contributing toward the achievement of the Malawi 2063 agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
To date, our expertise has focused on areas of community health (healthy settings), sanitation (faecal sludge management, EcoSan, CLTS), hygiene (behaviour change, food hygiene, handwashing), water (household water treatment systems) and renewable energy (lighting of health centres and schools, solar water supply, community solar kiosks etc)