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Resource Type: Research reports
Resource Type: Research reports
Resource Type: Research reports
Does private sector participation benefit the poor?
Resource Type: Articles
by Illiassou Sabi Dera. In Benin, medical waste from most of our health centres is often managed in the same way as ordinary waste. Health employees are often unaware of the risks linked with their poor handling of medical waste.
Resource Type: Articles
The Tippy Tap (Footsteps 30) is a useful way of improving hygiene. It uses very little water or soap. The base of the handle of a plastic container is heated over a candle and gently pinched with pliers so that it is sealed tight. Using a heated nail, a small hole is made just above the sealed area. The nail is heated again, this time to make two holes on the back of the bottle so that the container can be hung up. Use string to make a handle and attach an empty tin can upside down to keep the ...
Resource Type: Bible studies
Biblical reminders about the importance of hygiene
Resource Type: Articles
Here is a simple and effective way of trapping mice and rats. Cut sections of bamboo as shown. Place maize or cassava chips in the bamboo. The rat will enter but then cannot turn itself around to get out. You can then catch the rat. I have found this very effective.
Resource Type: Poster
Check your understanding of the links between clean water, sanitation and health.
Resource Type: Poster
by Paul Dean. Providing a clean water supply and encouraging people to build latrines should surely be enough to ensure good health. In the past people have certainly believed this to be true. However, an evaluation of a water and sanitation programme by the Ministry of Health in Botswana (UNICEF), though it brought many positive benefits, included these interesting results…
Resource Type: Articles
by Elena Hurtado. Shortage of water is the main reason why people fail to wash their hands regularly. Here is an idea which only uses about a tenth of the amount of water usually used to wash hands. The Tippy Tap is made from an old plastic container with a hollow handle. It is based on the mukombe (Footsteps 14). It also uses less soap as the soap is hung up and protected from rain so it does not become soggy.
