GOVERNMENT’S plan to construct over 6 500 dry pit-latrine toilets across the country has been greeted with little appreciation from rural community members who stand to benefit, calling the system inferior.
The construction of the toilets is expected to cost the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry over N$200 million, targeting about 500 toilets per region.
The project, which started in 2009, is part of the National Sanitation Strategy, run by the Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation Coordination in the agriculture ministry.
So far, more than 1 000 dry pit toilets have been constructed in Omusati, Ohangwena, Oshana and Kunene regions, with 13 tenders awarded.
Some Okakarara community members complained of the unhealthy conditions that come with the construction of dry pit toilets.
The first abstract deadline is August 31, and the final abstract deadline is September 30.
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 12th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Saturday, March 28 – Sunday, March 29, 2015
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
“A Meeting of Minds”–CNN
The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world’s largest global health conference and social entrepreneurship conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference annually convenes 2,200 leaders, changemakers, students, and professionals from all fields of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Register now to secure the lowest registration rate: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
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To date, the conference’s 300 confirmed speakers include:
Keynote Addresses
Gary Cohen, President and Co-Founder, Health Care Without Harm
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University
More speakers TBA
Business Principles in Global Health Speakers
“Measurement for Managers: Tools for Decision Making to Advance Health in Developing Countries,” Kim Longfield, Director, Research and Metrics, Population Services International
More speakers TBA
Design Thinking Speakers
Mariana Amatullo, Vice President, Director, Designmatters Department, Art Center College of Design
Cal Bruns, CEO/Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology
Ramsey Ford, Visiting Assistant Professor, Industrial Design, University of Cincinnati; Design Director, Design Impact
Mark Goulthorpe, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Architecture
Meghan Majorowski, Director, Global Health at FSG
Meira Neggaz, Senior Program Officer, MSI-US
Natacha Poggio, Assistant Professor, Visual Communication Design, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford; Founder, Design Global Change
More speakers TBA
Environment Health, Energy, Food and Agriculture Speakers
Jessie Cronan, Executive Director, Gardens for Health International
Cheryl Dahle, Future of Fish
“Why Soy is Unhealthy: It’s NOT What You Think!” Stephanie Seneff, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Sasha Kramer, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Director, SOIL; Adjunct Professor of International Studies, University of Miami
Debra Shapira, Senior Manager Institutional Relations, Root Capital
More speakers TBA
Film, Photography, Art & Global Health Speakers
Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift
Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Global Health Advocate, Governess Films
More speakers TBA
Healthcare Delivery Models and Impact Measurement
Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
Shinichi Daimyo, Clinical Program Officer, Partners In Health
Martin Edlund, CEO, Malaria No More
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Eva Harris, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology; Director, Center for Global Public Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH, Faculty Affiliate, Global Supply Chain Management Forum, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
Josh Ruxin, Founder and Director, Health Builders
Camille Saade, Director, Partnerships,Global Health, Population and Nutrition, fhi360
“Closing the Delivery Gap: An Integrated Approach to Health Systems Strenghtening in Togo, West Africa,” Jennifer Schechter, MSW, MPH, Executive Director, Hope Through Health
Mohammed Abdus Salem, Country Representative, BRAC Liberia
“Quality Assurance in Vision Center and Outreach Eye Screenings,” Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner
Harsh Sule, MD, MPP, Assistant Professor and Director of International Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University & Hospitals
More speakers TBA
Health Education and University Education Initiatives in Global Health Speakers
“InnovateHealth Yale: A Program in Social Impact and Entrepreneurship — Implementation and Lessons Learned,” Marty Klein, MPH, PhD, Lecturer in Public Health, Associate Dean for Development and External Affairs, Yale University School of Public Health
Jordan Levy, Managing Director, Ubuntu Education Fund
Tucker Marion, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director, High-Technology MBA; Co-Director, Institute for Global Innovation Management; Samuel Altschuler Research Fellow, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Joia Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Richard Skolnik, Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health; Author, “Essentials of Global Health/Global Health 101”
Monica Slinkard, MSN, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, Medical Director, LifeNet International
More speakers TBA
Health Policy & Advocacy
Rajesh Anandan, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and UNICEF Ventures, U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Sam Daley-Harris, CEO, Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation, A Project of RESULTS Educational Fund
Katie Taylor, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
More speakers TBA
Maternal and Child Health Speakers
Yet Asfaw, Vice President, EngenderHealth
“Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?” Rebecca Cook, Professor of Law Emerita, FAculty of Law, University of Toronto
“In Your Own Words: Digital Youth Story Telling,” Nomi Fuchs-Montgomery, US Country Director, MSI
Kirsten Gagnaire, Executive Director, Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA)
“Just Actions: 10 Transformational Initiatives That Can Deliver the Next Wave of Health and Development Gains,” Leith Greenslade, Vice-Chair Child Health, Office of the UN Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and the MDG Health Alliance
Latanya Mapp Frett, Vice President, Global Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“Mutual Learning and Reverse Innovation: Lessons from the Field,” Tricia Morente, COO, Kangu
James Nardella, Executive Director, Lwala Community Alliance
More speakers TBA
Mental and Neurological Health Speakers
Andy Shih, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Autism Speaks
Stephanie Smith, Health and Policy Advisor for Mental Health, Partners In Health and Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwanda; Fellow in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psycho-oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Research Fellow, Program in Global Mental Health and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
“Global Mental Health and Development,” Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds
More speakers TBA
Other Non-Communicable Diseases Speakers
David Bouslough, MD, MPH, FACEP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Director of Life Support Education, Clinical Advisor for Emergency Medicine, Emergency Preparedness, and Palliative Care, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa
Gene Kwan, MD, Clinical Fellow, Boston Medical Center and Partners In Health
“Income Inequality: It’s More Than Just Annoying,” Nader Moinfar, MD, MPH, Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology; Fellow, American Society of Retina Specialists; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida School of Medicine; Diseases and Surgery of the Retina, Vitreous and Macula, Magruder Eye Institute
Mark Roithmayr, Chief Development Officer, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
More speakers TBA
Patient-Centered Initiatives Speakers
Peter Doshi, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacology; Associate Editor, The BMJ
Richard Siegrist, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Associate Academic Director, MHCM Program; Adjunct Lecturer on Health Care Management, Harvard School of Public Health
“How to Restore Trust and Social Responsibility in Medicine,” Leana Wen, MD, MSc, Director, Patient-Centered Care Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University
More speakers TBA
Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Speakers
Thomas Chupein, Policy Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Jennifer Galvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Yale School of Medicine
“Equitable Research in Global Health Equity: Increasing Technical Capacity and Ownership of Research in Rural Rwanda,” Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Peter Speyer, Chief Data & Technology Officer, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
James Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Daniel Zoughbie, Founder and CEO, Microclinic International; Visiting Scholar, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
More speakers TBA
Philanthropy and Investment Speakers
Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder & CEO, Global Momenta
David Barash, Executive Director, Global Health Portfolio and Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
Shubha Kumar, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor & Director of Programs, University of Southern California (USC)
Angela Lee, Founder, 37 Angels; Executive Director of Teaching Excellence and Adunct, Columbia Business School
Jennifer Mccrea, Senior Research Fellow, Hauser Institute for Civil Society, Harvard Kennedy School
More speakers TBA
Social Enterprise Speakers
Molly Christiansen, Director of Research & Partner Development, LivingGoods
Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co.
“Unreasonable Capital // Investing at the Nexus of Explosive Growth & Impact” Daniel Epstein,Founder & CEO, Unreasonable Institute
Tyler Gage, Co-Founder and President, Runa
Peter Johnson, Partner, Developing World Markets
“Rising Expectations Lift All People,” Rodney North, The Answer Man – Information for the Public and Media, Equal Exchange Coop
Rashmi Pillai, Director, Strategic Partnerships & Advisory, Living Goods
Joe Whinney, Founder and CEO, Theo Chocolate, Inc.
More speakers TBA
Social Entrepreneurship Speakers
Ron Bills, Chairman and CEO, Envirofit International
“Keeping the Wheels Turning: A Practical Approach to Delivering Health Care to the Hard to Reach,” Andrea Coleman, Co-founder and CEO, Riders for Health
Al Hammond, Senior Entrepreneur, Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship Program
Brian Julius, Owner, Books of Hope LLC
“Social Impact Measurement and the Pretense of Knowledge,” Rich Leimsider, Vice President of Fellowship Programs, Echoing Green
Matt Nash, CASE Managing Director, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
More speakers TBA
Social Media & Marketing Speakers
Charlotte Cole, Blue Butterfly Collaborative
“Indiegogo: Crowdfunding for Impact,” Alisa Cordesius, Cause Vertical Manager, Indiegogo
“Energy & Impact: Creating Compelling Social Change Campaigns,” Dave DeLuca, Head of Campaigns, Do Something
Mehret Mandefro, President and Producer, Truth Aid
More speakers TBA
Surgery & Global Health Speakers
Scott Corlew, CMO/VP of Medical Affairs, St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital
Kathleen Casey
Robert Riviello, Instructor, Harvard Medical School
“Gratifactions and Hazards of Volunteer Service Abroad,” Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing
More speakers TBA
Technology in Global Health Speakers
Bobby Jefferson, Director Informatics, Futures Group
Shainoor Khoja, Consultant/Previously Managing Director, Roshan Community
Kenneth Paik, MD, MBA, Director of Operations, Sana
Amish Parashar, Director of Innovation, Triple Ring Technologies
Carter Powers, COO, Dimagi, Inc.
More speakers TBA
Water and Sanitation Speakers
Zafar Adeel, Director, United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Ned Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People
Christoph Gorder, Chief Global Water Officer, Charity:Water
More speakers TBA
Interactive Workshops
Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
Cal Bruns, CEO/Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology
Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co.
Perry Dougherty, Director of Institute for Spiritual Formation & Society, Still Harbor
“Bioethical Challenges Practicing Medicine in the Developing World,” Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing, Yale University School of Nursing
Urban #Water Supply Guide: Service delivery options for low-income communities – by @WSUPUK http://ow.ly/AtbwO #WASH4all #WATSAN
Providing improved water supply to low-income urban communities is a difficult challenge faced by water utilities throughout Africa and Asia. This guide provides an introduction to available options for serving these communities. The guide draws on sector experience in general, and more particularly on WSUP’s extensive experience of implementing urban WASH programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
This guide is aimed primarily at executive and technical staff in water utilities and related organisations, such as asset-holders and regulators. It will also be useful for WASH professionals working in governments, development agencies, funding agencies or civil society organisations.
@PlosOne Paper: User Perceptions of Shared #Sanitation among Rural Households – #Indonesia & #Bangladesh http://ow.ly/A0ccJ #watsan
authors
Kali B. Nelson, Jonathan Karver, Craig Kullman, Jay P. Graham mail
Published: August 04, 2014
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103886
“…Simple distinctions between improved and unimproved sanitation facilities tend to misrepresent the variability observed among households sharing sanitation facilities. Our results suggest that private improved sanitation is consistently preferred over any other sanitation option. An increased number of users appeared to negatively affect toilet cleanliness, and lower levels of cleanliness were associated with lower levels of satisfaction. However, when sanitation facilities were clean and shared by a limited number of households, users of shared facilities often reported feeling both satisfied and safe….” read more
…Starting from fossil fuels, through nuclear and renewable energies such as solar, wind, water and even agricultural waste, we have come across numerous sources of electricity. But what abouturine? Can “pee power” also generate electricity?
Yes, say scientists.
Researchers from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), a collaboration between the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol in the UK, are working on the second phase of a project called ‘urine-tricity’ to harness the power of urine to charge devices such as smartphones… Read more
India’s #Toilet Race Failing as Villages Don’t Use Them – Bloomberg http://ow.ly/zXbDs #sanitation
By Kartikay MehrotraAug 4, 2014 12:32 AM ET bloomberg.com
“….Targets for construction of toilets are somewhat irrelevant to resolving the sanitation problem,” said Yamini Aiyar, director of policy research group Accountability Initiative in New Delhi. “Building toilets does not mean that people will use them and there seems to be a host of cultural, social and caste-based reasons for that. People need to be taught the value of sanitation.”
In most cases, that isn’t happening. More than half of the country’s sanitation education budget since 1999 hasn’t been spent, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation. In at least five of India’s poorest states, the majority of people in households with a government latrine don’t use it, according to a survey of 3,200 rural households by theResearch Institute for Compassionate Economics in the capital.
The government has set Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birthday in 2019 as its target for achieving “total sanitation,” including access to toilets for all 1.2 billion residents, Finance Minister Arun Jaitleysaid in his budget speech on July 10. While Jaitley doubled spending on new toilets to 40 billion rupees, the ratio of those funds that can be spent on information, education and communication, remains at 15 percent.
Photographer: Kartikay Mehrotra/Bloomberg
Sunita’s family toilet and a sign marking the government’s construction under their… Read More
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