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WASHTED participates in the 2023 MUBAS Research and Innovation week

The Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) had its Research and Innovation Week from 14th – 16th August, 2023, under the theme “Generating Knowledge and Innovations for Sustainable Development”. The three-day event held in the School of Engineering auditorium confirmed the University’s commitment to advancing research, innovation and sustainability. Students, staff, experts, and distinguished guests were engaged. […]

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WASHTED Takes Part in the First Ever Blantyre City Summit.

By Taonga Mwapasa Kumwenda The first ever Blantyre City Summit organised by Blantyre City Council (BCC) took place on 22nd February 2023 at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre under the theme “A Livable, Safe and Vibrant City”. The summit attracted different stakeholders from the business, political, academic, religious, community and non-governmental sectors with the aim

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Climate Connect

Climate Connect

Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) through WASHTED participated in an initiative called Climate Connect that brought together staff, PhD students and undergraduate students from across the world in discussing climate change and sustainable development related issues. Participating Universities included: University of Waterloo (Canada); University of Strathclyde (UK); KTH (Sweden), Stellenbosch University (SA),

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We are hiring

Check out the latest vacancies at WASHTED for the post of research assistants for the projects: Download here for more details. https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1z3GvEdSW0ttdoG2zZmvRZsCjuPXC1eHL Closing date for receiving applications is 22 February, 2023 at 16:30hrs

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Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments

Discarded plastic in the peri-urban environment is a serious challenge for sustainable waste management and for the delivery of environmental & public health. In many cities in sub-Saharan Africa including Malawi, plastic wastes, and plastic bags in particular, contribute to blockage of waterways, provide a larval habitat for mosquitoes and potentially spread pathogens. WASHTED has

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Improving Hygiene in Guardian Waiting Shelters and Communities in Malawi: an intervention development and feasibility study

In Malawi, Guardian Waiting Shelters (GWS) serve as homes for the guardians while they take care of their patients at the hospital or as homes for pregnant waiting mothers and their guardians, and in other scenarios, a combination of pregnant waiting mothers and their guardians and other guardians from the general wards. However, most GWS

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Safewater Translate

Studies have shown that not all water sources classified as “improved” produce water that is free from faecal contamination, the case is worse for unimproved sources. To ascertain that water is safe, tests need to be done. Water quality tests that are easy that are faster, to use and cheap are being advocated for worldwide.

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Examining Sanitation for Urban Inclusion, Transformation and Equity (SUITE) project

The current world-wide problems in urban sanitation call for transdisciplinary, multisectoral and multi-solution approaches to achieve inclusive and sustainable urban sanitation; challenges to achieve this may occur when the different stakeholders have different interpretations for inclusion and sustainability. To establish a baseline, this study aimed to examine current perceptions on inclusion and sustainability of sanitation

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COVID-19 Hygiene Hub

Fighting cOVID-19 through Hygiene

The COVID-19 Hygiene Hub is a broad partnership housed at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) that draws on scientific, operational and creative expertise from a network of individuals and organizations from around the world. It is a free service to help actors in low- and middle-income countries to rapidly share, design,

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