Dignity, Disease, and Dollars
Asia’s Urgent Sanitation Challenge
ADB advocates that sanitation be an urgent priority for governments in Asia. It also invites public and private agencies to help governments, utilities, and communities accelerate actions to improve sanitation at all.
ADB’s call to action—“Dignity, Disease, and Dollars”—has been chosen deliberately to focus attention on three areas where stakeholders need to see results:
- Better facilities for individuals so they can regain their dignity
- Disease prevention and healthy environment for the wider community
- Financial viability of sanitation services for provider governments and utilities in tandem with affordability for households.
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Sanitation: Why Invest? Find out some basic truths about sanitation and what countries have done to improve their sanitation situation. |
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ADB’s Sanitation Agenda Find out how ADB plans to provide 200 million Asians with sustainable access to improved sanitation. |
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References Read or download sanitation related documents available at ADB Water website. |
Amy Leung
Urban Development Specialist
E-Mail: aleung@adb.org
Hubert Jenny
Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist
Email: hjenny@adb.org
Anand Chiplunkar
Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist
Email: achiplunkar@adb.org
Asian Sanitation Data Book 2008
A new publication presents raw data and analyses on the sanitation situation in 27 cities.
Making Sanitation Everybody’s Business
Reports the highlights of a dialogue on sanitation between ADB and representatives from its developing member countries (DMCs).
Australia: Dousing Drought with Recycled Water
Fighting drought for over a decade now, Melbourne residents have upped the ante when it comes to reusing their water.
Sanitation Actions. Read more stories in cities and communities.
Film: Coming Clean on Sanitation Featuring the sanitation landscapes of six Asian countries, this documentary aims to increase awareness on the region’s sanitation challenges.
CDROM: Smarter Sanitation
A toolkit that offers sanitation options and solutions, this CD includes a software for assessing and planning sanitation systems.
Photo Essay: Toilets of Asia
View images of Asia’s toilets through the decades, from outhouse waterless latrines to the modern indoor toilets with electronic contraptions.
Brief: Sanitation and Wastewater Management. Read about sanitation and wastewater management in Asia and the health, environmental, and economic gains they can bring.
A new publication presents raw data and analyses on the sanitation situation in 27 cities.
Making Sanitation Everybody’s Business
Reports the highlights of a dialogue on sanitation between ADB and representatives from its developing member countries (DMCs).
Australia: Dousing Drought with Recycled Water
Fighting drought for over a decade now, Melbourne residents have upped the ante when it comes to reusing their water.
Sanitation Actions. Read more stories in cities and communities.
Film: Coming Clean on Sanitation Featuring the sanitation landscapes of six Asian countries, this documentary aims to increase awareness on the region’s sanitation challenges.
CDROM: Smarter Sanitation
A toolkit that offers sanitation options and solutions, this CD includes a software for assessing and planning sanitation systems.
Photo Essay: Toilets of Asia
View images of Asia’s toilets through the decades, from outhouse waterless latrines to the modern indoor toilets with electronic contraptions.
Brief: Sanitation and Wastewater Management. Read about sanitation and wastewater management in Asia and the health, environmental, and economic gains they can bring.
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