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Publications
Achim Steiner Former United Nations Under-SecretaryGeneral and Executive Director, United Nations
Environment Programme
Scaling up group handwashing in schools
Compendium of group washing facilities across the
globe
Published in: 2016
Pages: 88
Publisher: New York, USA;
Eschborn, Germany
Author: UNICEF, GIZ
Handwashing with soap is
among the most effective
hygiene behaviours helping to
prevent infectious diseases.
The importance of daily
group handwashing has been
recognized and integrated
into the UNICEF/GIZ Three Star Approach (TSA) to
WASH in Schools (WinS), which has gained momentum
around the world. With its focus o usable, cost-efficient
and adequate infrastructure, the TSA provides a realistic
stepwise concept to improve WinS infrastructure. It also
creates opportunities for schools, school communities
and decision makers in the education and other relevant
sectors to establish a healthy learning environment for
children to practice good hygiene behaviour in the school
setting.
To enable group handwashing in schools a variety of
facilities have been built in different contexts around
the globe. The “Compendium of Group Washing
Facilities around the Globe” (UNICEF-BMZ-GIZ)
comprises such examples from Afghanistan, Cambodia,
Fiji, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Liberia, Mali,
Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania and Zambia. Presented
designs include the entire span of possible existing
facilities reflecting different circumstances, necessities
and resources of school communities. Key features and
characteristics of each facility are summarized in tables
providing information about the design structure, as well
as aspects of construction, installation, operation and
maintenance, usability, and the opportunity of community
involvement.
A section on advantages, limitations and recommendations
summarizes key aspects for prospective users. A simplified
isometric drawing displays main elements of the facility
and a Bill of Quantity details different materials and
estimated costs of each facility.
The Compendium of Group Washing Facilities aims to
inform and inspire WASH practitioners, schools and their
communities to strengthen healthy practices and ensure a
healthy learning environment for children.
The State of the World’s Children 2016: A fair
chance for every child
Author: UNICEF
Price: Free
No. of pages: 180
Publication date: June 2016
Publisher: UNICEF
Every child has the right
to health, education and
protection, and every society
has a stake in expanding
children’s opportunities in
life. Yet, around the world,
millions of children are
denied a fair chance for no reason other than the country,
gender or circumstances into which they are born. The
State of the World’s Children 2016 argues that progress
for the most disadvantaged children is not only a moral,
but also a strategic imperative. Stakeholders have a clear
choice to make: invest in accelerated progress for the
children being left behind, or face the consequences of
a far more divided world by 2030. At the start of a new
development agenda, the report concludes with a set of
recommendations to help chart the course towards a more
equitable world.
The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus
Challenges and an agenda for action
Global trends of population
growth, rising living standards
and the rapidly increasing
urbanized world are increasing
the demand on water, food
and energy. Added to this is
the growing threat of climate
change which will have huge
impacts on water and food
availability. It is increasingly
clear that there is no place
in an interlinked world for
isolated solutions aimed at
just one sector. In recent years the “nexus” has emerged
as a powerful concept to capture these inter-linkages of
resources and is now a key feature of policy-making.
This book is one of the first to provide a broad overview
of both the science behind the nexus and the implications
for policies and sustainable development. It brings
together contributions by leading intergovernmental
and governmental officials, industry, scientists and other
stakeholder thinkers who are working to develop the
approaches to the Nexus of water-food-energy and
climate. It represents a major synthesis and state-of-the-art
assessment of the Nexus by major players, in light of the
adoption by the United Nations of the new Sustainable
Development Goals and Targets in 2015.
With a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales
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