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School Sanitation and Hygiene Education



The MDG Sanitation Target includes the improvement of "sanitation in public institutions, especially schools" (see the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 − the Johannesburg Summit, pp. 4−5).

Raising Clean Hands: Advancing Learning, Health and Participation through WASH in Schools (UNICEF, 2010)

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Standards for Schools in Low-cost Settings (UNICEF/WHO, 2009)

Sustainable and Safe School Sanitation: How to provide hygienic and affordable sanitation in areas without a functioning wastewater system (WECF, 2009)

School Sanitation and Hygiene (IRC website, with links to publications) 

Newsfeed: WASH in Schools News (IRC & USAID)

School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (Ministry of Rural Development India website)

Toolkit on Hygiene, Sanitation and Water in Schools (World Bank)

Towards Effective Programming for WASH in Schools: A manual on scaling-up programmes for
water, sanitation and hygiene in schools (IRC, 2007)

          Sanitation for Primary Schools in Africa (WEDC, 2008)         

          Ghana: Stop violence against girls – build school toilets (IRC Source Weekly, 2009)

S is for Sanitation (school sanitation) (WaterAid Oasis, 2007)

The Worth of SSHE (IRC, 2004)

Framework for Action on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools (UNICEF/IRC, 2005)

Colombia − Improving School Sanitation and Hygiene Education Using Participatory Diagnosis  (Instituto Cinara, Universidad del Valle, 2004)

Child-friendly Hygiene and Sanitation Facilities in Schools (IRC, 2003)

School Sanitation and Hygiene (Hygiene Central website)

The impact of a school-based safe water and hygiene programme on knowledge and practices of students and their parents: Nyanza Province, western Kenya, 2006 (Epidemiology and Infection, 2007)

A Manual on School Sanitation and Hygiene (UNICEF, 1998)

Integrated school sanitation programming (WEDC, 1999) 

School girls and menstruation
Breaking the silence on menstrual hygiene in Bangladesh (IRC Source, 2008) − design latrines to accommodate women’s needs!
‘Menstruation is on her mind’: Girl-centred, holistic thinking for school sanitation (IRC & UNICEF Notes and News, 2008 – pages 4−6 of pdf)
Menstruation and school girls: current and future initiatives (IRC & UNICEF Notes and News, 2009 – pages 4−6 of pdf)
Gender-sensitive toilet design meets cultural needs of girls and women in north-east Nigeria (IRC Source News, 2008)
Is menstrual hygiene and management an issue for adolescent school girls? (WaterAid, Nepal, 2009)

South Asia 
Elementary Education in India: Progress towards UEE – DISE 2007-08 Flash Statistics [UEE = Universal Elementary Education; DISE = District Information System for Education] (National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, 2009) − see page on water and sanitation here. 
Pakistan, Islamabad: government schools lack toilets and drinking water (IRC, 2008)