These maps have been produced by the WASHwatch team, based on data from WHO/UNICEF’s 2017 Progress Report on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
All data points after 2015 are WASHwatch calculations using the average rates of progress between 2000 and 2015.
Household sanitation is associated with lower risk of bacterial and protozoal enteric infections, but not viral infections and diarrhoea, in a cohort study in a low-income urban neighbourhood in Vellore, India.
The presence of a household toilet was associated with lower risk of bacterial and protozoal enteric infections, but not diarrhoea or viral infections, suggesting the health effects of sanitation may be more accurately estimated using outcome measures that account for aetiologic agents.
This article presents the development of a school handwashing programme in two different sub-Saharan countries that applies the RANAS (risk, attitudes, norms, ability, and self-regulation) systematic approach to behaviour change.
Sanitation practices and perceptions in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya: Comparing the status quo with a novel service-based approach.
PLoS One, July 13, 2017.
Menstrual hygiene management among Bangladeshi adolescent schoolgirls and risk factors affecting school absence: results from a cross-sectional survey.
PLoS One, July 11, 2017.
3ders.org, July 14, 2017.

Recent sanitation/WASH research.
Behavioral antecedents for handwashing in a low-income urban setting in Bangladesh: an exploratory study.
Provision versus promotion to develop a handwashing station: the effect on desired handwashing behavior.
We conducted a three-month pilot intervention to evaluate two options for setting up handwashing stations: i) provide a handwashing station, or ii) help the family to make their own from available materials.
Impact of Community Health Clubs on Diarrhea and Anthropometry in Western Rwanda: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
FASEB Jnl, May 2017.
Our results raise questions about the value of implementing this intervention at scale.
Diet Quality, Water and Toilets Remain a Lingering Challenge for Undernutrition in India.
(Abstract/order) – Teacher training and installation of water stations resulted in observed improvements in pupils’ hygiene, particularly when water stations were located Consistency of Use and Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment Among Indian Households Claiming to Treat Their Water.
Adding a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Intervention and a Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement to an Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition Program Improved the Nutritional Status of Young Burkinabé Children.