From October 29 – November 2, PSI will join hundreds of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) professionals in Chapel Hill, NC for the 2018 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy. PSI is collaborating with several partners to share learning and raise awareness on topics such as creating profitable sanitation businesses, developing affordable and desirable toilets through human-centered design, and menstrual health hygiene for adolescents and young women.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 29
8:30 am – 10:00 am | Side Event: “Insights from the Menstrual Products’ Markets in India and Ethiopia: Why the Whole User Journey Matters” convened by PSI, Biomass Controls | Location: Mountain Laurel
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Verbal Presentation: “Preferences for Menstrual Hygiene Management Products Among Adolescents Girls and Young Women in Addis Ababa and Sendafa, Ethiopia” by Kristen Little, PSI | Location: Bellflower
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Poster Presentation: “Learning from the Wheel: Sustaining and Scaling Toilet Bazaars in Bihar, India” by PSI/India | Location: #26
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30
8:30 am – 10:00 am | Side Event: “Accelerating Markets-based Approaches to Reach SDG 6: A Debate on how Best to Move Forward” convened by: Oxfam GB, iDE, Social Finance, PSI, WaterSHED, and Safe Water Network | Location: Bellflower
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Side Event: “Designing Effective Sanitation Enterprises” convened by USAID, TetraTech, FSG, iDE, PSI, WaterAid, WaterSHED | Location: Bellflower
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | Verbal Presentation: “The Consumer Journey for Menstrual Hygiene Management Products: Insights from Qualitative Research with Adolescents Girls and Young Women in India and Ethiopia” by Kristen Little, PSI | Location: Azalea
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31
4:14 p m – 5:15 pm | Verbal Presentation: “Lessons from the Rapid Start Up of Sanitation Market Development in Ethiopia: The Transform WASH Story” by Monte Achenbach, PSI/Ethiopia | Location: Windflower
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm | Poster Presentation: “Cost-effectiveness of Private & Public Channels Used to Improve Access to Roto Septic Tanks for Improved Rural Sanitation Coverage in Tien Giang Province, Vietnam” by PSI/Vietnam | Location: #30
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
10:30 am – 12:00 pm | Side Event: “Inclusive WASH Markets: Financing and Targeted Subsidies to Reach All” convened by: iDE, Social Finance, PSI, water.org, World Bank | Location: Mountain Laurel
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Verbal Presentation: “Applying User-centered Design to Find Local Solutions to WASH Challenges in Ethiopia” by Monte Achenbach, PSI/Ethiopia | Location: Redbud
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Poster Presentation: “Assessment of Field Performance and Acceptance of the Sato Pan in Ethiopia” by Abinet Kebede, IRC Ethiopia with PSI/Ethiopia | Location: #13
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Poster Presentation: “Soak Away Pits Are Moneymakers for Landlords in Abidjan” by Serge Seiba, PSI/Côte d’Ivoire | Location: #42
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |Poster Presentation: “Development Process of a Sanitation Product for Low-income Consumers in Benin’s Urban and Peri-urban Low Water Table Areas” by Jules Hountondji, Association Béninoise pour le Marketing Social et la Communication pour la Santé (ABMS) | Location: #29