Half of world’s healthcare facilities lack basic hygiene services, nearly 4 billion people at risk
Every year, a whopping 670,000 newborns lose their lives to sepsis
Menstrual hygiene in Africa: No pad or no way to dispose it
Women in sub-Saharan Africa still struggle to have a healthy and safe period
Menstrual hygiene in urban spaces: Willingness to shift to environmentally safer sanitary products
Shifting to alternate products and / or sustainable management of sanitary waste is the need of the hour
Unsafe WASH services: 2 in 5 deaths are from sub-Saharan Africa, finds UNICEF
African countries carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH services
Treat sanitation as public good: UN at launch of hygiene fund
The initiative aims to accelerate funding to countries with the heaviest burden of diseases stemming from lack of sanitation services
Lack of access to sanitary products, privacy drives girls away from schools in Zambia
New report says girls prefer to stay home during menstruation for fear of staining their dresses, interacting with and being teased by boys, as …
Is green menstruation possible?
One sanitary pad could take 500 to 800 years to decompose as the plastic used is non-biodegradable and can lead to health and environmental …
Menstrual Hygiene Day: It’s time for action
We must make the menstruation narrative about girls and women instead of pads and pad men
Menstrual hygiene management in India: Still a long way to go
Awareness, education and access to safe products are still at very preliminary phase in the country
Hygiene hypothesis: Gut microbiome development affected in children born during COVID-19 lockdown, studies show
Microbiomes in such kids less diverse, with distinct effect on certain populations of organisms, says Nature article
Ignored by the state, these Padwomen in Dharwad found livelihood in re-usables
Women adopt sustainable menstruation after govt stops funding their pad-making units
Toilet inside, defecation outside: Govt missing the mark?
Toilets are being constructed at a high rate, but their usage remains a problem
Indian scientists develop environment-friendly device to dispose sanitary napkins
GreenDispo will incinerate the sanitary napkins completely with minimal flue gas emission
Nearly a third of Nigerians don’t have access to a basic supply of water. This is partly because of loopholes in a law
Corruption, overvaluation of projects and favouritism in contract awards add to problems such as lack of funds, limited government capacity
Climate-resilient water, sanitation & hygiene policies need of hour to meet global agenda of 2030
The 10 African countries most water-insecure & climate-impacted need immediate attention
The mammoth task of managing menstrual waste in India
India has close to 12.3 billion disposable sanitary napkins to take care of every year, majority of which are not biodegradable/compostable
Managing menstrual waste in India
A film on menstruation, titled 'Period. End Of Sentence', has won the Oscar in the documentary short subject category. Here's looking at the …
Menstrual cycle is normal; our attitude towards it is not
Girls and women have to fight social norms as well as lack of access to safe adsorbents, bathing space and water to manage their menstrual cycles
Taxing menstrual products is like taxing women for being women
Instead of being counted as ‘necessities’, sanitary napkins are counted as ‘luxury products’ in India
It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Drinking water in remote communities is contaminated with uranium, faecal bacteria and nitrates above the recommended levels
Simple, easy and healthy
Gujarat trader makes affordable sanitary napkins and develops India's first machine to hygienically dispose them of Darshan Desai
Making life lighter: How improving rural laundry can be key to better hygiene, dignity
This critical issue deserves more attention and action to help lift the burden of domestic work on women and girls and improve the quality of …
'Menstrual hygiene needs as much attention as providing toilets'
Lack of separate toilets major reason for girls dropping out of school on achieving puberty, point pout civil society groups
Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands, cost sub-Saharan Africa $8.4 billion annually, says WaterAid
Nigeria recorded the highest incidence of HAIs in 2022, followed by Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Mali
Why rural Nigeria needs to fix its sanitation gaps on a war footing
Open defecation near water source deteriorates quality causing a visicious circle of poor sanitation & water crisis