SaniPath Advisory Committee Meets Virtually

On January 28, 2021 the SaniPath Advisory Committee met virtually to discuss the sustainability of the SaniPath Tool and it's future. The discussion focused around the opportunities for scaling and sustaining the SaniPath Tool and how best to translate risk-based thinking into WASH programming on the ground. In addition to developing a plan for sustaining the Tool and associated services, one of the focuses of the SaniPath team moving forward will be to help build and sustain exposure thinking in the WASH sector at multiple levels (municipal to national). We're grateful to our advisory committee for their continued support and guidance!

Formation of the SaniPath Advisory Board Committee

The SaniPath Tool has been developed through rigorous research by Dr. Christine Moe and her team at the Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. However, to date, there has been limited application of the tool and use of the information gathered to inform investments and interventions aimed at improving sanitation.

In order to improve the SaniPath Tool, the Emory team formed an Advisory Committee to seek input on how to effectively use the findings and recommendations from the SaniPath Tool to influence urban sanitation investments, policies, and programs to benefit the urban poor. The Advisory Committee is made up of leaders in the urban sanitation field from development banks, universities, and funding agencies as well as government programmers, practitioners, and policy makers.