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SHARE contributes to achieving universal access to effective, sustainable and equitable sanitation and hygiene by generating evidence to improve policy and practice worldwide

Some of our key research locations

Bangladesh

WaterAid/GMB Akash/Panos

Bangladesh is one of the most populous countries in the world and just under half of its 159 million population lives on less than US$2 a dayRead more

Malawi

WaterAid/Jason Larkin

Malawi is one of the smaller countries in Sub-Saharan African and home to 16 million people. An estimated 35% of the Malawian population doesRead more

India

WaterAid/Areeb Hashmi

A middle-income country with a population of over 1 billion, poverty in India is a complex issue with just under a third of the populationRead more

Kenya

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Kenya is among the top ten richest countries in Africa (IMF, 2015), but just under a third of its population has access to improved sanitationRead more

New resources

EEHF 2018 - Posters

This document brings together the posters presented at the 8th Emergency Environmental Health Forum on 12-13 April 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
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EEHF 2018 - Abstract Booklet

This booklet brings together the abstracts of presentations delivered at the 8th Emergency Environmental Health Forum on 12-13 April 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
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Some of our projects

National Sanitation Campaign Evaluation

LSHTM/Elisa Roma

Poor sanitation and hygiene conditions remain a public health concern in Tanzania and cost the country 1% of its annual GDP. RecentRead more

Safe Child Stool Disposal

WaterAid/Layton Thompson

To date, the WASH sector has greatly overlooked the enormous potential of hygienic child stool disposal to considerably reduce theRead more

Sanitation Vulnerability

The last in a series of four SHARE-WSSCC co-funded studies , this project aimed to ascertain whether gendered violence is symptomaticRead more

WASH & Maternal and Newborn Health

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The first in a series of five SHARE-funded studies , this LSHTM-led study explored the linkages between WASH and MNH health via aRead more

Latest Updates

Blog
Learning and exchanging on outcome mapping
SHARE's M&E Officer, Emily Balls , recently attended an event on outcome mapping, a methodology used to plan and assess projects that bring about change. Here, she reflects on the event and what she learnt... I recently travelled to Bangkok,...
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9 May 2018
News
Pit latrine minor contributor to diarrhoeal diseases in Bangladesh
Pit latrines may not be a major threat to groundwater contamination as very few instances of such contamination have shown to occur in a new icddr,b study. Consumed directly as drinking water, groundwater is contaminated more often due to poor...
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5 Sep 2017