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Research presentations from WASHTED researchers was well received at the recent UNC Water and Health Conference held in North Carolina USA. 649 delegates attended from 41 different countries to present 60 side events, 128 verbal presentations and 146 poster presentations. Tracy Morse and Kondwani Chidziwisano presented work from the SHARE Hygienic Family trial and the

Every two years, the sanitation community comes together to discuss the latest innovations in faecal sludge treatment and management. This year, the Faecal Sludge Management Conference (FSM5) was held alongside the AfricaSan conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Mabvuto Yesaya received a scholarship from BORDA to attend his first international conference and, along with Elizabeth

With funding from a GCRF Networking Grant and University of Strathclyde Escalator Fund, WASHTED hosted the kick off meeting (14th – 18th January) of a five country interdisciplinary network which aims to explore the barriers to effective sanitation and hygiene in fishing communities surrounding the African Great Lakes. 27 participants from Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania

SHARE team in Chikwawa with hand washing games for school students The WASHTED team supported by SHARE were delighted to host the Global Hand Washing Day Symposium this year at the Malawi Polytechnic on 17th October 2018. The one day event was officially opened by the Deputy Director Environmental Health from the Ministry of Health

This year’s Global HandWashing Day will be celebrated across 2 days in Malawi. The 17th October will see a knowledge exchange symposium for practitioners hosted by WASHTED at the Malawi Polytechnic, and this will be followed by a public commemoration on the 18th October in Chikwawa District. The symposium will be hosted from 8.30am –

As the floating toilet challenge continues, four teams have been merged into two. The two teams together with their mentors and Staff from Phalombe District Health Office visited Lake Chilwa to gain more insight into the challenge they have to address. The teams met local fishermen and “fished” out information to feed into their designs.

widespread, particularly for women, where access to water on premises is not common. However, limited evidence suggests that the quantity of water used by households doesn’t necessarily increase with an improved collection time. Visiting PhD student Alexandra Cassivi, along with a dedicated team of enumerators measured water quality and the time needed to collect it