Don’t you ever want to know what happens after – say, you’ve thrown away the black plastic bag – the one given to you as a carrier bag for the 50 pesewa bread you bought yesterday? Oh, the bread itself was packaged in a whitish plastic bag in the first place before the whole thing was repackaged in the black plastic! I am curious. I want to know. I so desperately want to track the life cycle of all the light-weight harmless-looking little plastic bags gifted to me for just about every little thing I buy.

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There is the need to intensify education on safe disposal of child’s faeces in Ghana. This is because a recent report from the Ghana Statistical Service, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2006) indicates that only about 43% of nursing parents in Ghana dispose their child’s faeces safely.

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Here you will find general documents like policies, reports, factsheets and briefing notes related to water, sanitation and hygiene in Ghana.

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Read all you ever wanted to know about the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the National community Water and Sanitation Porgramme (NCWSP). This article is based on the brochure on this subject prepared by CWSA.

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This paper describes the trends in the water sanitation sector in Ghana, which has been towards a decentralized, multi-sectoral, demand-driven and private-sector oriented service delivery. It was prepared for the WELL Resource Centre Network for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health.

Ghana Service Delivery Paper.doc  (103 kB)

Up to date facts and figures on Ghana in general, including links to sources with more data and information.

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Facts and figures related to water and sanitation, as presented by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of WHO and Unicef.

Presentation_ghana.ppt  (198 kB)