New Juabeng Establishes International Implementation Committee for "Operation Clean Communities"

As part of its community development efforts within its award-winning model, the Juabeng Traditional Council has established an international implementation committee to oversee the work of the “Operation Clean Communities” launched in March 2021.

The newly constituted committee is made up of representatives from the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), Emory University in Atlanta, USA, the New Juaben Traditional Council and the root-based institutional member.

To read the full article by Jerry Akornor, click here!

SaniPath Advisory Committee Meets Virtually

On January 28, 2021 the SaniPath Advisory Committee met virtually to discuss the sustainability of the SaniPath Tool and it's future. The discussion focused around the opportunities for scaling and sustaining the SaniPath Tool and how best to translate risk-based thinking into WASH programming on the ground. In addition to developing a plan for sustaining the Tool and associated services, one of the focuses of the SaniPath team moving forward will be to help build and sustain exposure thinking in the WASH sector at multiple levels (municipal to national). We're grateful to our advisory committee for their continued support and guidance!

Makerere University presents SaniPath results from Kampala at UNC Water & Health Conference

Dr. Richard Mugambe from Makerere University in Uganda presented findings from the SaniPath Exposure Assessment performed in Kampala, Uganda at a poster session during the UNC Water and Health Conference in October 2020. This was the first assessment of fecal contamination performed in low-income neighborhoods in Kampala, Uganda. The findings highlighted the important connection between poor sanitation and hygiene conditions and fecal contamination of street food and raw produce.

Poster PDF:

Mugambe et al. UNC Water and Health Conf

Download UNC WATER AND HEALTH CONF • 565KB

To visit the UNC Water and Health Conference website which includes 1 minute introduction to the poster by Dr. Mugambe, click here.