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 […]
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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
WASHTED through Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) research project attended the Water and Health Conference which was heard in October 2018 at the Water Institute in UNC, USA. Kondwani Chidziwisano and Dr. Tracy Morse represented WASHTED, where they made presentations about ongoing research at the centre. Kondwani made presentations about the importance
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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
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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 –
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Read more about the MHM study here http://www.worldwaterweek.org This year WASHTED was represented at Stockholm World Water Week by Tracy Morse and Christabel Kambala who both presented their SHARE research during the conference. Over 3600 delegates attended from 133 countries this years theme of ‘Water, ecosystems and human development’. Dr Kambala took part in a
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Participants collect data during practicals on GIS training course The Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) successfully delivered two short courses under WASHTED on Data organization and analysis using Microsoft Excel (July) and Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in research (August) Participants for both courses came from Government of Malawi Departments, Non-Governmental Organisations,
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WASHTED was well represented at the 41st Water and Environmental Development Centre Conference in Nakuru, Kenya last week. The conference focussed on Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient WASH Services, and Kondwani Chidziwisano presented in two SHARE panels exploring the impact of hygiene of weaning foods, and research uptake with colleagues from London School of Hygiene
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The recently concluded Walk of Pride on Menstrual Hygiene Day (28 May) put a spotlight on MHM in Malawi. Our Masters Students, Angela Chinangwa and Sylvia Masanda, are being supported through the SHARE programme to conduct MHM research and took part in the National celebrations. As part of the MHM programme, Dr. Kambala and Dr.
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In April, 2018, an international conference on Social Behaviour Change and Communication (SBCC) was held in Bali, Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Kondwani Chidziwisano, Share research fellow from Malawi attended the summit and shares his reflections with us. The second international SBCC summit was a 5 days event that brought together over 700 delegates from across the
