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Thrust 5: Sanitation,
Health and Hygiene Education
This thrust addresses the research required to assist
the national government to achieve its goal of clearing
the sanitation service backlog by 2010. It also
identifies research that is essential to support
planning for basic sanitation service delivery beyond
2010. The focus is on low cost and affordable sanitation
technologies.
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Programme 1: Advocacy, health and
hygiene education |
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The main objective of this programme
is to support integration of health and hygiene into
the delivery of water and sanitation in order to ensure
that these services lead to maximum health benefits
for the beneficiary communities. |
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Programme 2: Peri-urban
sanitation research |
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The aim of this programme is
to provide research support to sanitation in informal
and developing urban areas. Until recently the focus
of sanitation has been on rural areas, but the situation
in urban areas is much more critical and volatile in
terms of public health. Urban sanitation differs from
rural sanitation issues related to institutional arrangements,
community dynamics and management of interventions.
Due to the high densities, technical choices are more
complex where an affordable and sustainable service
is to be provided. Outcomes from this programme will
support local authorities in implementing sustainable
solutions, which cater for both the user and institutions
needs. |
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Programme 3: Institutional
and management aspects of sanitation service
delivery |
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The main objective of this research
programme is to develop institutional models, tools
and guidelines that will support the improvement of
delivery (O&M, sustainability, etc) of sanitation services. |
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Programme 4: Technical
sustainability of sanitation services |
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To develop tools, procedures
and guidelines that will guide those responsible for
implementing projects in their selection of appropriate
sanitation technologies that are socially, environmentally
and financially sustainable. |
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KSA 3: Water Use and Waste Management