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Identification of the potential opportunities, barriers, and threats within the sector in taking up sanitation as a business:

Holm, Rochelle; Wanda, Elijah; Kasulo, Victor; Gwayi, Simeon (2014)

Private sector participation in sanitation marketing provides a great opportunity to improve rural sanitation access. Although a number of opportunities for private sector participation within the sanitation sector exist, ...
Pit Latrine Fecal Sludge Resistance Using a Dynamic Cone Penetrometer in Low Income Areas in Mzuzu City, Malawi

Chirwa, Charles F. C.; Hall, Ralph P.; Krometis, Leigh-Anne H.; Vance, Eric A.; Edwards, Adam; Guan , Ting; Holm, Rochelle H. (AJEST, 2015)

Pit latrines can provide improved household sanitation, but without effective and inexpensive emptying options, they are often abandoned once full and may pose a public health threat. Emptying techniques can be difficult, ...
A comparative study of faecal sludge management in Malawi and Zambia: Status, challenges and opportunities in pit latrine emptying

Holm, Rochelle; Tembo, James Madalitso; Thole, Bernard (Academic Journals, 2015-11)

This review paper covers the issues of pit latrine emptying national policies and regulations with a focus on Malawi and Zambia. With 2.4 billion people worldwide still lacking improved sanitation facilities, developing ...
Adopters and Non-Adopters of Low-Cost Household Latrines: A Study of Corbelled Pit Latrines in 15 Districts of Malawi

Holm, Rochelle; Tembo, Mavuto; Njera, Dalo; Kasulo, Victor; Malota, Mphatso; Chipeta, Willy; Singini, Wales; Mchenga, Joshua (2016)

The Sustainable Development Goals will challenge low- and middle-income settings to look at new approaches for rural sanitation. In 2013, Mzuzu University, in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ...
Achieving the sustainable development goals: a case study of the complexity of water quality health risks in Malawi

Holm, Rochelle; Wandschneider, Philip; Felsot, Allan; Msilimba, Golden (biomedcentral, 2016)

Suppose 35 % of the households with children under 5 years of age in a low-income suburban neighborhood in a developing country have diarrhea where improved water sources are available. Clearly, something is amiss—but ...
A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Accessing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Disabled People in Malawi

White, Sian; Kuper, Hannah; Itimu-Phiri, Ambumulire; Holm, Rochelle; Biran, Adam (cross mark, 2016)

Globally, millions of people lack access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Disabled people, disadvantaged both physically and socially, are likely to be among those facing the greatest inequities in WASH ...
Reducing the burden of rural water supply through greywater reuse: a case study from northern Malawi

Holm, Rochelle; Marquez, Shannon; Opong, Emmanuel; Nyirenda, Laban; Boyd, Courtney; Newcomer, Evan (ELECTRONIC OFFPRINT, 2017)

Greywater reuse has potential for non-potable applications that conserve freshwater resources in water-stressed areas especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The feasibility of reusing greywater for domestic activities in a ...
Trash removal methods for improved mechanical emptying of pit latrines using a screw auger

Sisco, Tracey; Rogers, Tate; Beckwith, Walt; Chipeta, Willy; Holm, Rochelle; Buckley, Christopher A.; de los Reyes III, Francis L. (2017)

Trash in pit latrines is one of the largest challenges facing pit emptying technologies, including the powered auger (the Excrevator), developed for improved emptying in lower- and lower-middle income countries. This ...
The handpump choice is yours: a pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi

Holm, Rochelle; Kamangira, Alinafe; Kasulo, Victor; Kaponda, Prince; Hara, Edwin; Carney-Filmore, Channing; Nhlema, Muthi (2017)

In sub-Saharan Africa, moving towards the Sustainable Development Goals will require an approach to water and sanitation service delivery for many rural communities where handpumps still dominate infrastructure. This ...
Characterization of pit latrines to support the design and selection of emptying tools in peri-urban Mzuzu, Malawi

Chiposa, Rashid; Holm, Rochelle H.; Munthali, Chimuleke; Chidya, Russel C. G.; de los Reyes III, Francis L. (2017)

The urban areas of many low-income countries must balance a rising demand for pit latrines for household sanitation provision against limitations in space, resulting in a need for pit latrine emptying services. This study ...
Designing local solutions for emptying pit latrines in low-income urban settlements (Malawi)

Chipeta, W.C.; Holm, R.H.; Kamanula, J.F.; Mtonga, W.E.; de los Reyes III, F.L. (Elsevier, 2017-02-21)

A lack of effective options in local technology poses challenges when onsite household sanitation facilities are eventually filled to capacity in unplanned settlement areas within Mzuzu City, located in northern Malawi. ...
A Review of the Financial Value of Faecal Sludge Reuse in Low-Income Countries

Mallory, Adrian; Holm, Rochelle H.; Parker, Alison (MDPI, 2020)

Faecal sludge reuse could promote responsible waste management and alleviate resource shortages. However, for this reuse to be carried out at scale, it needs to be financially viable. This paper reviews the financial ...
Re-evaluating the strength of pit-latrine faecal sludge from dynamic cone penetrometer test data

Shafiq, Yasmine; Haigh, Stuart; Holm, Rochelle; Parker, Alison (Water Research Commission, 2020)

n 2017, 55% of the global population were without safely managed sanitation services. On-site sanitation solutions, such as pit latrines, provide the majority of sanitation coverage across developing countries. Appropriate ...

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