Monitoring progress towards the targets for access to safe drinking-water and sanitation under the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) requires reliable estimates and indicators. We analyzed trends and reviewed current indicators used for those targets. We developed continuous time series for 1990 to 2015 for access to improved drinking-water sources and improved sanitation facilities by country...

Rural WASH Project (2012-2016) is being implemented in 33 of 60 rural districts in five provinces of Zimbabwe aiming at improving WASH services. One of the major components under this project is the implementation of demand led sanitation and hygiene promotion which focuses on elimination of open defaecation through promotion of household sanitation technologies confirming to national standards...

---

Regional integration has been used with varying success to overcome disadvantages associated with small size. The fundamental premise for regional cooperation in the Caribbean has been the promotion of economic development particularly in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. The opportunity exists however, for use of a regional approach to develop strategic responses to other issues essent...

The extension of the mains to marginal urban areas does indeed require considerable investment and implies supplying disadvantaged population groups whose ability to pay presents significant collection problems (Lyonnaise des Eaux, Lyonnaise des Eaux also suggests the use of order of priority within contracts, in order to prioritise services in the order of most pressing need, as follows (Lyonn...

BACKGROUND Investigating the current level and trends of access and identifying the underlying challenges to sanitation system development will be useful in determining directions developing countries are heading as they plan to promote sustainable development goals (post 2015 agenda). This research investigates the status and trends of access to improved sanitation coverage (ISC) in relation t...

the health and therapeutic employees are facing with some particular hazards. the existing insurance system has a lot of different shortcomings. determination of the frequency and type of accidents in a hospital was the main objective. all accidents were recorded and the study period was divided in to 3 periods. the victims who reported their accident were classified from personality point of v...