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Getting communities engaged in faecal sludge management
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 05:05 PMGyanchand Mishra, Councillor of Ward 3, is the President of the Ward Sanitation Committee (WSC) and is also a member of the City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF).
![Community engagement structures at the slum level have ensured that the most marginalized and vulnerable sections of a city, that is, the slum communities now have a voice. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/women.jpg?itok=fzkgDn5X)
Air pollution: Filling the gaps
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 12:34 PMAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.
![All Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad surpass the air quality standards by a significant margin (Image: United Nations; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/air-pollution-toronto-UN.jpg?itok=4SM6DSo-)
Lost to fluorosis
Posted on 21 Dec, 2020 12:33 PM“What should I do? I have been bedridden for two years now. My hands and feet do not work.
![The state needs to play a key role in identifying fluorosis as well as in developing and executing an action plan to control it. (Image: Rab Nawaz Alam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/fluorosis.jpg?itok=CJVPb3j1)
New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 12:43 PMRevised standards for packaged drinking water to apply from January 1st, 2021
![Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/packaged_water.jpg?itok=_FHenyb4)
What India needs for effective waste management in times of the pandemic
Posted on 04 Nov, 2020 08:35 PMIn a span of a few months, COVID-19 has hit the world severely. At the same time, the water bodies are seeing more life, smog is giving way to blue skies, the air has become cleaner and many forms of pollution have plunged. However, coronavirus waste has emerged as a new form of pollution.
![Image: Roksana Helscher, Pixabay](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/corona-5340991_960_720.jpg?itok=njH9XEil)
Generating demand for sanitation infrastructure
Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 02:06 PMRadharamanpada is an unauthorised slum in Angul with 300 houses. The president of the slum sanitation committee Janaki Sahu, a 28-year-old mother of four, runs a street food stall on the main road. There are seven women in the committee of eleven, working on sanitation solution for populations that remain underserved.
![Project Nirmal uses appropriate communication inputs that help generate awareness about the impact of poor containment, collection, transportation and treatment systems on the environment among all stakeholders. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/van.jpg?itok=RDh5MY9g)
Women hold the key to dietary diversity
Posted on 17 Oct, 2020 04:04 PMEvidence world over shows that small scale agricultural production does very little to deal with malnutrition and food insecurity among rural poor.
![Empowering women to improve nutritional outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_1.jpg?itok=-i5AcI6P)
Architecture of community program organisations and their data systems
Posted on 17 Oct, 2020 12:48 PMSamanvay Foundation has developed a knowledgebase for leaders working in nonprofit organisations, on issues related to software technology and its use in community programs. It covers strategy, management, economics, and appropriateness of software technology.
![Image courtesy: Pete Linforth from Pixabay](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/eye-3374462_1920.jpg?itok=PDJFMS9L)
Rapid hygiene study: Hand hygiene for COVID-19 and beyond in India
Posted on 15 Oct, 2020 09:33 AMThis year, Global Handwashing Day (observed annually on October 15) is particularly significant given the COVID-19 pandemic. While vaccine trials are ongoing, protective actions such as handwashing with soap is a critical first line of defence and cost-effective public health intervention.
![Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing (Image: Climate Centre)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/soap.jpg?itok=jymem09T)
A rainbow recovery post-COVID
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 12:27 PMThere is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and consumption are being increasingly recognised.
![The women of Deccan Development Society sanghams move towards more localized natural resource management (Image: Deccan Development Society, Facebook Page)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dds2.jpg?itok=D1qIwjw7)