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Health & hygiene, schools

Sanitation systems

Attitudes
& behaviours

Markets, finance
& governance

Resource recovery

Announcements
& miscellaneous

Working groups &
regional chapters

Health and hygiene, schools and other non-household settings

(529 topics)

Sub-categories		Last posts
	Health issues and connections with sanitation (114 topics) Research on health benefits with improved sanitation (26 topics) Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), intestinal worm infections (helminthiases) (20 topics) Antibiotics resistance, micro-pollutants, chemical pollution (7 topics) Female genital mutilation (FGM) and cutting (8 topics) Global guidelines on sanitation and health (WHO, 19 Nov - 18 Dec 2018, Thematic Discussion 13) (7 topics)	Re: Sanitation and health evidence ... by muench 19 Sep 2019 06:13
	Nutrition and WASH (including stunted growth) (98 topics) Research on WASH & Nutrition, including environmental enteropathy (29 topics) Advocacy and events on WASH & Nutrition (22 topics) Implementation of WASH & Nutrition (16 topics) BabyWASH (8 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 1 (18 topics)	Re: Impact of WASH on Babies - Wat ... by Alejandra 11 Apr 2019 21:06
	Inclusion and disability (21 topics)	Re: Toilet for Physically Challeng ... by muench 28 Nov 2018 16:00
	Hygiene and hand washing (84 topics) Hand washing activities at schools (12 topics)	Food safety policies and pract ... by rochelleholm 09 Aug 2019 05:19
	Schools (sanitation and hygiene in schools) (68 topics) Note: "Handwashing activities in schools" is included in the sub-category on hand washing above. Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 3 (8 topics)	Re: Paper on "Comparison of Studen ... by secretariat 29 Mar 2019 15:43
	Other non-household settings (e.g. hospitals, health centres, prisons, train stations, offices, work places) (18 topics) Note: this sub-category is not meant for WASH in schools, community toilets, public toilets as these topics have their own sub-categories.	Unpacking healthcare waste man ... by rochelleholm 21 Feb 2019 07:01
	Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) (126 topics) Awareness raising and reducing taboos (26 topics) Menstrual hygiene products (e.g. menstrual cups, washable pads, period panties) (21 topics) MHM in schools – A neglected issue (Thematic Discussion 12) (5 topics)	Re: Request for ideas: Practical s ... by JKMakowka 11 Sep 2019 08:35

Sanitation systems

(1081 topics)

The focus in this category is on technologies required along the sanitation chain - toilets, transport and treatment (but not reuse as this is in a separate category called "Resource recovery").
Sub-categories		Last posts
	Toilets with urine diversion (151 topics) UDDTs (urine-diverting dry toilets) (83 topics) Urinals (22 topics) Urine diversion flush toilets (6 topics) Suppliers and innovators of urine diversion toilet components (16 topics) Urine treatment, transport, storage (16 topics)	Re: Knowledge, attitudes and pract ... by skumwenda 18 Sep 2019 22:10
	Toilets without urine diversion (155 topics) Note: Most of the toilets here are without urine diversion (except for the composting and container-based systems which can be with or without urine diversion). Composting toilets, Arborloos (27 topics) Container-based, mobile or bag-based toilets (28 topics) Innovations and research in toilet design (31 topics) Low flush, pour flush, focus on flushing mechanism (12 topics) Pit latrines (simple, VIP, dual pit, pour flush) (22 topics) Vermifilters for blackwater treatment, "worm toilets", "Tiger worm toilet" (6 topics) Comparisons of various toilet types (7 topics)	Re: some input from people who are ... by Boyercutty 20 Sep 2019 10:12
	Faecal sludge management (FSM) (228 topics) Faecal sludge transport (including emptying of pits and septic tanks, transfer stations) (66 topics) Faecal sludge treatment technologies (66 topics) Pit or vault content research, accumulation rates and faecal sludge characteristics (34 topics) Determining helminth egg quantities (measurement techniques) (9 topics) FSM Planning tools, toolboxes and guidelines (11 topics)	Re: Transfer tanks in dense slum a ... by Yvonne 12 Sep 2019 15:39
	Treatment of wastewater, sludges, organic waste, excreta (241 topics) Anaerobic treatment systems (biogas sanitation) (75 topics) Centralised wastewater treatment plants and sewage sludge treatment (26 topics) Composting (26 topics) Constructed wetlands, soil filters and infiltration beds (41 topics) Decentralised wastewater treatment systems (anaerobic and aerobic), DEWATS (17 topics) Septic tanks (conventional or upgraded) (16 topics) Vermifilters (or vermi-digesters) (8 topics) Various other technologies and comparisons of treatment technologies (32 topics)	Re: Promote VERMIFILTRATION Techno ... by cshankar 20 Sep 2019 07:44
	Public toilets, community toilets, shared toilets (51 topics) Public toilets in India (15 topics)	Re: Standards or norms for design ... by andreshuesoWA 02 Aug 2019 11:56
	Challenging environments, emergencies, reconstruction situations, resilience (110 topics) Urban informal settlements and slums (13 topics) Flooded areas, floating houses and high groundwater areas (10 topics) Resilience and risk reduction (9 topics)	Re: Sanitation levy to improve ons ... by blevira 11 Sep 2019 10:32
	Various topics of sanitation systems (145 topics) Climate change and sanitation (20 topics) Drinking water supply, surface water pollution (20 topics) Groundwater pollution (27 topics) Odour issues (6 topics) Sewers (conventional, simplified, condominium, settled, vacuum) (18 topics) Solid waste management (26 topics) Wastewater characterisation and mathematical modelling (7 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 6 (10 topics)	Condominial Sewers Presentatio ... by gracebeeler 05 Sep 2019 21:38

Attitudes and behaviours

(448 topics)

Sub-categories		Last posts
	Behaviour change and user psychology issues (89 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 4 (12 topics)	Re: Arno's keynote speech on SBM a ... by bracken 21 May 2019 10:28
	Capacity development (77 topics) Knowledge management (KM) tools and approaches (28 topics)	Re: Data Survey by MarcusErridge 26 Aug 2019 10:25
	Community-led approaches (91 topics) Publications and webinars about CLTS (45 topics) Community-led approaches other than CLTS (7 topics)	Re: Blog: Nine ideas for Gender Tr ... by muench 05 Sep 2019 05:12
	Public awareness raising (71 topics) World Toilet Day, World Water Day and other special days (25 topics)	Re: Depicting Poor Sanitation as M ... by muench 03 Jul 2019 14:08
	Wikipedia (86 topics) Can you help improve the sanitation content of the world's largest encyclopedia? Discussions about specific Wikipedia articles (31 topics) Frequently asked questions and how-to questions about Wikipedia (5 topics) Languages other than English (9 topics) Definitions, glossaries, dictionaries (within or outside of Wikipedia) (22 topics)	Re: term that sums up both faecal ... by muench 03 Sep 2019 17:29
	Advocacy and civil society engagement (34 topics)	Re: Strategic communications suppo ... by muench 01 Jul 2019 08:29

Markets, finance and governance

(542 topics)

This category contains topics on core functions of supply and demand in the market, supporting and rules functions.
Sub-categories		Last posts
	Market development in action (76 topics) Mobile phones, ICT for sanitation (Information and communications technology) (11 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 2 (9 topics)	Road to commercialising sanita ... by muench 23 May 2019 05:59
	Sanitation as a business and business models (60 topics)	Re: Toilet Business Cluster is jus ... by oyunlt 18 Sep 2019 22:48
	Financing: taxes, tariffs, transfers (67 topics) Includes public finance from government, subsidy models, tariff systems, ODA (official development assistance) and results-based financing, and costing.	Presentation: Sanitation Techn ... by arose 17 Sep 2019 14:54
	Government as a driver (111 topics) Includes public private partnerships (PPPs), government and citizens, governments and NGOs, government to government, policies and regulations for upscaling. Indian Government initiatives: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA or SBM) and others (41 topics) Ghana - government initiatives, private sector collaborations (17 topics) Setting standards and financing waste water management in India (Thematic Discussion by SuSanA India Chapter, February 2019) (3 topics)	Re: Pause before pushing more peop ... by AjitSeshadri 11 Sep 2019 07:01
	Cities (planning, implementation, and management processes) (93 topics) Cities sanitation planning toolkits and guidance publications (13 topics) Shit flow diagrams (SFDs) / Excreta flow diagrams (24 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) - 5 (11 topics)	Re: Selection between piped sanita ... by Tendai 26 Aug 2019 16:24
	Monitoring and evaluation (M&E), technical standards, certifications (45 topics) ISO standards (International Organization for Standardization) (14 topics) Learning from failures (5 topics)	Re: ISO 30500 standard published ( ... by TuvSudWS 24 Jul 2019 09:13
	Global and regional political processes (90 topics) Human right to water and sanitation (16 topics) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), JMP monitoring (46 topics) Various thematic discussions (time bound) (21 topics)	UN-Water Global Analysis and A ... by fppirco 29 Aug 2019 17:37

Resource recovery

(220 topics)

Sub-categories		Last posts
	Fertiliser, soil conditioner, production of crops (84 topics) Urine reuse or infiltration (32 topics) Phosphorus, the finite resource (9 topics)	Re: I am carrying out a material f ... by Frank1 17 Sep 2019 12:54
	Production of insect biomass from excreta or organic waste (15 topics) Includes topics around black solider fly larvae (BSFL)	Press coverage of recent comme ... by JKMakowka 20 Jul 2019 00:32
	Greywater, blackwater or wastewater reuse, irrigation (41 topics)	Re: Webinar "Wastewater reuse. A s ... by riccardozennaro 11 Dec 2018 14:04
	Resource recovery from excreta, faecal sludge or wastewater (53 topics) Technologies and business models to optimise the financial value recoverable from excreta and faecal sludge, such as nutrients, energy products and water. Production of biochar, fuel or electricity (20 topics) Aquaculture (3 topics)	Re: The Kailash Ecovillage project ... by kimgerly 11 Aug 2019 18:19
	Safety of reuse aspects, legislation, guidelines, policies (27 topics) Sanitation safety planning (SSP) (5 topics)	Re: Parameters for testing the hea ... by kharallaxman 23 Feb 2019 12:36

Announcements and miscellaneous

(1722 topics)

Sub-categories		Last posts
	General announcements (434 topics) Announcements regarding SuSanA (113 topics) New SuSanA partners (187 topics) Introductions, persons or companies offering their services or products (59 topics) Featured Users (16 topics) Other announcements (57 topics)	Re: Introducing TREND Group as a n ... by AjitSeshadri 18 Sep 2019 21:01
	Events and higher education programmes (473 topics) Conferences, workshops, exhibitions, launch events etc. (227 topics) Courses (including online courses) and trainings (162 topics) Masters, diploma and PhD programmes (and scholarships) (30 topics) Webinars and online meetings (54 topics)	Free Webinar: Tackling Slippag ... by ElaineMercer 19 Sep 2019 18:15
	Jobs, consultancies, internships (451 topics)	Consultant-WASH – Water & Sani ... by Madhuri1190 12 Sep 2019 14:38
	Calls for proposals, tenders, applications, expressions of interest (projects and awards) (156 topics) Looking for funding, partners, research topics or other types of support (56 topics)	WSUP Research Call: Assessment ... by Guy 03 Sep 2019 11:45
	New publications (books, articles, websites, videos) (99 topics)	UN Environment Story "Smart wa ... by riccardozennaro 18 Jul 2019 15:47
	Miscellaneous - any other topic (109 topics) Human tragedies and accidents (10 topics) Humour (7 topics)	Re: Who was the inventor of the se ... by muench 18 Aug 2019 00:32

SuSanA working groups and regional chapters

(146 topics)

This category contains practical information regarding the work of SuSanA's working groups and regional chapters, for example surveys, meetings or factsheets. This category is not meant to be used for thematic discussions.
Sub-categories		Last posts
	Regional Chapter India (No topics)	No topics
	Regional Chapter West Asia and North Africa (WANA) (3 topics)	A call to all media enthusiast ... by laran86 13 Jun 2019 09:36
	SuSanA Latinoamérica (2 topics)	Re: Puntos Focales de SuSanA Latin ... by muench 05 Sep 2019 05:23
	Working Group 1 (Capacity development) (17 topics)	Re: WG1 meeting (capacity developm ... by naidghana1393 12 Sep 2019 21:59
	Working Group 2 (Market development) (15 topics)	Re: Update of the SuSanA Factsheet ... by joshpalfreman 23 Nov 2018 12:35
	Working Group 3 (Renewable energies, climate change) (6 topics)	Re: SuSanA WG3 (Climate Change & R ... by annetempel 26 Aug 2019 09:54
	Working Group 4 (Sanitation systems and technology options) (8 topics)	Re: What has happened lately in th ... by eshaylor 28 Dec 2017 09:53
	Working Group 5 (Food security and productive sanitation) (12 topics)	Re: Proposed meeting of SuSanA Wor ... by ddiba 26 Aug 2019 09:35
	Working Group 6 (Cities and planning) (9 topics)	Working Groups 4 and 6 meeting ... by shobana 22 Aug 2018 16:16
	Working Group 7 (Sustainable WASH in institutions and gender equality) (18 topics) "Leave No One Behind" – in communities, schools and other institutions	SuSanA WG7 Meet & Chat and SWW ... by FranziskaVolk 19 Aug 2019 14:55
	Working Group 8 (Emergency and reconstruction situations) (10 topics)	Re: A survey for members of Workin ... by muench 17 Jun 2019 05:11
	Working Group 9 (Public awareness, advocacy, civil society engagement) (8 topics)	Re: Please say hello in SuSanA Edi ... by Carol McCreary 20 Mar 2017 15:12
	Working Group 10 (Operation, maintenance and sustainable services) (6 topics)	O&M in Schools @ Stockholm Wor ... by rob# 28 Aug 2017 15:48
	Working Group 11 (Groundwater protection) (4 topics)	Re: New working group co-lead for ... by karengrothe 20 May 2019 16:00
	Working Group 12 (WASH & Nutrition) (14 topics)	Re: Working Group 12 meets in Stoc ... by Gianluca 31 Aug 2019 10:35
	Working Group 13 (Behaviour change) (7 topics)	Re: WG 13 - Take the handwashing q ... by muench 08 Dec 2017 02:41
	Relevant for all working groups (7 topics)	What role do SuSanA`s working ... by marajohanna 02 May 2018 10:09

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(69 topics)

Sub-categories		Last posts
	The basics (registration, login, posting and replying) (23 topics)	How to enlarge the size of the ... by FranziskaVolk 01 Aug 2019 14:48
	More advanced things (44 topics) User profile (5 topics) Subscribing and receiving e-mail notifications (4 topics) Languages other than English (6 topics) Discussions about possible improvements (21 topics)	Re: Podcast about building online ... by JKMakowka 16 Sep 2019 13:08

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