Lights, camera … and village action
May 9th, 2014
What better time to have the world village premier of the Nepal Sanitation Program movie than at the end of the handover of 20 new toilets. And what better place…
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New South Wales plumbing pilot program
May 9th, 2014
Fair Trading Minister Stuart Ayres has welcomed the launch of a pilot program to provide annual Plumbing Health Checks for Aboriginal housing providers and their tenants living in rural and…
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Knitting together Nepal and Australia
May 7th, 2014
How can a few committed senior Australians improve the lives of children in Nepal? With some wool, skill and hundreds of hours of careful, creative knitting. . . . A…
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More toilets for Nepal and two more villages completed
May 7th, 2014
In the largest single building stage completed under the Nepal Village Sanitation Program, 20 toilets were handed over to the families of two villages. This marks the end of works…
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On tigers and smooth hands – what toilets mean to the villagers of Nepal
May 7th, 2014
As the Sanitation Program reaches completion in two more villages, what better time to get the feedback from those that matter most – the villagers. CHDS Nepal asked the two…
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How to make toilets fly – a simple idea
April 20th, 2014
Here is a simple idea for architects, building designers and interior designers who specify toilets. How many toilets does your practice specify in a year? No idea? Well use the…
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The Fred Hollows Foundation and progress in Australia
April 18th, 2014
Maybe there are signs of progress in improving eye health in Australia? To see some progress in the reduction of trachoma in Australia, read the article (shown below) from the Australian…
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Health and climate change plea
April 17th, 2014
Read the article from the West Australian, and thanks to an EXCLUSIVE by CATHY O’LEARY MEDICAL EDITOR The West Australian April 16, 2014, Leading health researcher Fiona Stanley has warned…
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Incremental improvement
April 9th, 2014
This has been the case with the toilet and water point maintenance assessment system being developed by WASSUP (Sth Africa) and some very talented architecture students in Australia. The need…
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Pre-schools in the slum areas of Ahmedabad, India
April 8th, 2014
What we see in reading about the Anganwadi Project are many of the principles at work in Housing for Health. We hope you enjoy reading about the project and the exciting…
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Plumbers and health – what a good idea
April 3rd, 2014
Whether in Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh or South Africa, Healthabitat needs little convincing about how the work of plumbers contributes to improving health. So it is a great leap forward to…
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The spread of Housing for Health: The Guide
April 2nd, 2014
Since the launch in early October 2013, Housing for Health: The Guide, the number of people visiting the site has grown and the spread has broadened from Australia to an…
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