South Asia - General
South Asia: ADB president calls on governments and private sector to do more on sanitation
09 Mar 09
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda has called on regional governments and the private sector to do more to help the 1.8 billion people in Asia who lack access to adequate sanitation.
Asia: Unilever to replicate Project Shakti on other international markets
12 Feb 09
Consumer product multinational Unilever has started replicating the successful Project Shakti in a number of other international markets. The project, run by Hindustan Unilever (HUL), supports women-led rural micro-enterprises in India.
Asia: water supplies threatened by melting glaciers
10 Feb 09
Water supplies for nearly two billion people in China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan may be under threat as glaciers on the Tibetan plateau melt under the effects of global warming.
Asia: 5th Dialogue on Environmental Education focuses on water and sanitation education
08 Dec 08
The Fifth Dialogue on Environmental Education, held in Japan on 2-3 October 2008 within the framework of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue, focused on the theme of education in water and sanitation issues.
South Asia: SACOSAN-III recognises sanitation and safe drinking water as a basic right
25 Nov 08
In its final declaration, the Third Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-III), which ended in New Delhi, India, on 21 November 2008, recognised access to sanitation and safe drinking water as a basic right.
South Asia: millions of children take part in Global Handwashing Day
27 Oct 08
Millions of children and adults across South Asia took part in Global Handwashing Day on 15 October. The aim of the initiative was to show how washing the hands with soap can effectively prevent disease.
South Asia: new ADB regional technical assistance project on urban water management
27 Oct 08
The Asian Development Bank is launching a new project worth US$ 5 million to establish a sustainable capacity building and training program on water and sanitation management and governance.
South Asia: Asia Water Day highlights role of leaders in meeting WASH challenges
27 Aug 08
The first Asia Water Day was held at this year's World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. It focused on the role of the region's leaders in meeting water and sanitation challenges.
South Asia: 778 million still practice open defecation, safe water use has improved, says new report
18 Jul 08
Although the practice of open defecation has declined in South Asia from 65% to 48% between 1990 and 2006, some 778 million people still rely on this risky sanitation practice, says a new report by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. The percentage of people using improved drinking water in South Asia has risen by 13% to 87% in South Asia between 1990 and 2006.
KnowledgeHubs: new Asia-Pacific network launched to tackle water problems
08 Jul 08
Twelve centres of excellence from across the Asia-Pacific region have launched a network known as “KnowledgeHubs” to share solutions for improving water management to tackle the region’s many pressing water challenges.
