IEC Materials/ Campaign
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SBM Language Wall Painting and ODF Board Read More...
Detailed Project Report( DPR) on State IEC Activity Plan for the year 2015-2016 under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)
The objective of the IEC programmes in the water and sanitation sector is to create awareness leading to enhanced involvement of local community at the village level, ensure motivation and skill upgradation of Panchayat members, line department functionaries, Village Water and Sanitation Committee / Pani Samiti members, self employed mechanics and masons, school teachers and students, etc. Sector professionals are to be sensitized for change in role, responsibility and attitude through need-based in-service training/Exposure utilizing services of specialists/ experts. Read More...
National Awareness Campaign on JE/AES 23-27 Jun, 2014
The most basic need in life is water which saves life and kills life as well. In the context of negative impact of water, Japanese Encephalitis (JE) / Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) which breeds in water logged conditions is a virus that takes birth in the wet paddy and other agricultural field. This virus is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The main reservoirs of JE virus are pigs & water birds (Ardeidae) and it’s natural cycle, virus is maintained through certain mosquito species in these animals. Man is an accidental host and does play a role in jE transmission. Read more....
National Campaign on Sanitation and Hygiene- NBA (KERALA) 20- 25 Feb 2014
The National Campaign on Sanitation and Hygiene in Kerala was launched with a massive capacity development programme for 70000 Anganwadi workers and helpers in the State. Now under NBA a new venture-a dedicated IEC programme targeting the children- is introduced in Anganwadis. NBA Kerala, in association with Social Justice Department has now developed a handbook named “Thenthulli” for Anganwadi teachers. This handbook contains accurate and relevant messages, information and knowledge content under themes personal hygiene, use of toilets, safe storage and handling of water, hand washing after defecation, hand washing before and after taking food and environmental sanitation including management of waste. Read more....
Sharing Simple Facts: Useful information about menstrual health and hygiene Booklet (English)
This guidance booklet on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is intended for adolescent girls and young women. Issues associated with menstruation are never discussed openly and the silence surrounding menstruation burdens young girls by keeping them ignorant of this biological function. Even after the attainment of menarche, very little information is given to young girls about the physiological processes involved and the hygienic practices to be followed. Read more....
Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework 2012-2017
More people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Although access to improved sanitation is steadily increasing in India since the year 2000 the pace of change is too slow. If the current trend continues, India will miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for sanitation, and without India the world will not be able to achieve its targets. Clearly accelerating access to and use of toilets and hygiene practices have become a national priority for India. Read more....
Strategic Communication for Total Sanitation Campaign
Unsanitary practices, primarily open defecation, and the use of contaminated water remain major causes of child death, disease and malnutrition in India, especially affecting the poor. Only 19 per cent of rural households have toilets, and the rate of increase is a low one per cent per annum. Of India’s more than 700,000 rural primary and upper primary schools, only one in ten have toilets and this situation is a factor in deterring children more so girls, from attending schools. The problem of sanitation is hence one of improving the use of toilets, closely linked to improving personal, home and community hygiene practices across society. Read more....
IEC Guidelines,Total Sanitation Campaign, 2010
Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of safe drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper disposal of human excreta, improper environmental sanitation and lack of personal and food hygiene are major causes of disease in India. Prevailing high Infant Mortality Rate is also largely attributed to poor sanitation. Read more....
Community Design of Hygiene Promotion IEC Materials
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Keeping Your Drinking Water Safe
Safe drinking water for health and development is an important international goal that has been reflected in many international, regional and national policies and strategies. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for sustainable development and international co-operation were adopted by the International community. Under the Millennium Development Goals, countries have committed themselves to achieving inter-related targets for sustainable access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation and reduction in child mortality by 2015.. Read more....
IEC Guidelines for States and Districts
The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is not about constructing toilets but aims at behavior change of the masses to adopt better sanitation practices. Therefore, information, education and communication (IEC) strategies, planning and their effective implementation is the key to the success of Swachh Bharat. Thus, IEC activities are not to be treated as 'stand-alone' activity as a 'component' of SBM-G, but the SBM-G is largely about effective IEC to nudge communities into adopting safe and sustainable sanitation practices. Read More.......
Defunct Delhi power plant could soon turn into a waste-to-energy unit
The Delhi government is looking for ways to utilize the machinery that lies unused in the now defunct Rajghat Thermal Power Plant.The mere presence of toilets does very little to change sanitation behaviour in the absence of community ownership and participation. A decade ago, this was more or less the story of Tiruchirapalli, one of the least hygienic cities in the country then. Poor maintenance and the general lack of initiative rendered most of the community toilets constructed by the Tiruchirapalli Corporation. Read More.....