There is an increasing recognition of the need to understand and address risks of various
kinds in African cities. However, there have been very few explicit examinations of the way in …

Diarrhea causes 1.6 million deaths annually, including 525,000 children. Further, chronic
diarrhea puts children at risk for mineral deficiencies, malnutrition, and stunting which, in …

Better water supply, sanitation and hygiene systems are among the sustainable
development goals which need to be achieved by 2030. However, it is challenging for …

Urban studies as a field is on the rise in Africa, environmental studies is a mainstay of
scholarship on or about the continent, and urban environments are increasingly central to …

Despite significant progress over the past decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the
poorest and least developed region in the world. High levels of poverty, food insecurity and …

The provision of basic services suffers from a multitude of sustainability challenges in many
cities of low-income countries. Sanitation provision faces particular challenges in the form of …

Need of self-sustaining wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has become critical to cope
up with dynamics of the environmental regulations and rapid advancements in the …

Inequalities in access to safely managed water and sanitation services remain one of the
barriers to making urban informal settlements more inclusive and safe areas to live. The …

In many urban poor areas of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), demand for human excreta disposal
is met, predominantly by pit latrines. This study aimed at determining the status of pit latrines …

With the aim to present an alternative material that can be used in adsorption/degradation
processes to remove pharmaceutical pollutants present in water, a biocarbon was designed …