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Published: 23 October 2019

Research presentations from WASHTED researchers was well received at the recent UNC Water and Health Conference held in North Carolina USA. 649 delegates attended from 41 different countries to present 60 side events, 128 verbal presentations and 146 poster presentations. 

Tracy Morse and Kondwani Chidziwisano presented work from the SHARE Hygienic Family trial and the Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in Malawi and Uganda study which were all well received. 

We were also delighted to see Alexandra Casivi who had recently finished her field work in Malawi where she was based in WASHTED. 

For more on the UNC Water and Health conference visit:

• Poster abstracts
• Verbal abstracts 

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Published: 29 August 2019

As we are now analysing the results of our recent Banja la Ukhondo (Hygienic family) intervention funded by SHARE, we are excited to share two new items outlining the study development and format. 

Our most recent publication which outlines formative findings and describes the findings can be found here 

Our short video showing the study can be found here

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Published: 14 August 2019

The WASHTED team were delighted to see a success story published on the EU website this week highlighting the progress of the WATERSPOUTT project and the development of the SODIS Bucket. The system is now under field trial in Chikwawa with over 800 households and we look forward to sharing the results of the trial soon. 

You can access the full story here 

Also see our latest publication on the SODIS bucket here

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Published: 08 July 2019

Based on formative research from the Banja la Ukhondo (Hygienic family) project funded by the Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) consortia, we are delighted to share two new publications highlighting both the behavioural and infrastructural challenges of ensuring complementary foods are safe for consumption in rural Malawi. These results informed the intervention combining WASH and food hygiene, the results of which will be coming out soon!

You can access the publications here:

Risk Factors Associated with Feeding Children under 2 years in Rural Malawi - A formative study
Towards Complementary Food Hygiene Practices among Child Caregivers in Rural Malawi 

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Published: 05 July 2019

The WASHTED team are delighted to congratulate Dr Save Kumwenda who attended his PhD graduation on the 26th June. Dr Kumwenda's research has explored the safety of faecal sludge from ecological sanitation latrines in Southern Malawi, and adds to the growing breadth of work demonstrating the real life health challenges and potential solutions of using these systems for nutrient recycling from human waste. 

Congratulations Save!