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Published: 27 March 2017

Mr. Save Kumwenda, a Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) Research Fellow attended a research methods course from 27^th February to 10^th March, 2017 in Tanzania. The course was organized by the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research and Mwanza Interventional Trial Unit (MITU). Participants were PhD graduates, PhD fellows and Master students from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. Facilitators were from MITU and London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine and covered the following topics: study designs, measures of effects, analysis of continuous and binary outcomes, research ethics, random error and confounding, sample size determination, laboratory diagnostic tests, steps in qualitative data analysis, randomized clinical trials and literature searching techniques.

According to Mr. Kumwenda, the course was good and refreshing and also gave him opportunity to interact with another SHARE fellow from Zambia and also other people from different countries. He plans to deliver the same course at The Polytechnic for all members of staff and the SHARE team.

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Published: 23 March 2017

Members of WASHTED were delighted to share updates and highlight the work of Centre with the Deputy Ministry for Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development at the WASAMA National Water Conference held from 20^th – 22^nd March 2017. Attended by a range of Government, Non governmental and Higher Education Institutions, the conference focused on effective use of wastewater and groundwater management for irrigation and drinking water, in light of both increasing populations and climate change.

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Published: 23 March 2017

WASHTED is working with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and University of Strathclyde with 15 other partners on the EU Horizon 2020 WATERSPOUTT (Water Sustainable Point of Use Treatment Technology) project (2016-2020).  The project is looking to harness the power of the sun to make contaminated water safe for consumption and reduce diarrhoeal disease. Commonly referred to as SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection), WATERSPOUTT will develop three technologies to be trialed across Malawi, Uganda, Ethiopia and South Africa.

In Malawi, WATERSPOUTT  is seeking to develop and trial a combined solar and ceramic household water treatment system with partners from across Europe.

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Follow updates on WATERSPOUTT on ResearchGate and www.waterspoutt.eu

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Published: 05 December 2016

Tate Rogers (North Carolina State University) and Stewart Farling (Duke University, NC) visited Malawi to both test novel equipment for emptying pit latrines and better understand the exposure of workers to bio-aerosols during the emptying process. Working with Harold Chirwa and his team, along with students from The Polytechnic, 10 pits in Ndridande were emptied over the course of a week. The equipment, while not perfect, was certainly a success and made the separation of trash and sludge more hygienic. WASHTED is looking forward to testing the next prototype of emptying equipment and helping to improve the sanitation situation of the dense urban areas more hygienic, safe and affordable.

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Published: 22 November 2016

The African Population and Health Research Centre APHRC in a bid to celebrate their fifteen years of existence organized a poster competition for all its CARTA and African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fund PhD fellows. Our WASHTED associate, Save Kumwenda produced a top ten poster and was awarded a travel scholarship to Kenya where he presented and came second. The competition was tough and attracted judges from diverse background and continents. The posters were judged on appearance, delivery of message and clarity. WASHTED is proud to be represented during the event. The poster title was “Pathogen survival in ecological sanitation latrines and the associated health risks.”