Robert Dreibelbis

Robert is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director for LSHTM's Environmental Health Group that focuses its research on the links between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and health.

He is particularly interested in understanding the determinants of WASH and WASH-related behaviors and developing and evaluating WASH and WASH behavior change interventions in households, communities, and institutions.

City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience

This presentation provided an overview of WaterAid’s approach, including (i) WaterAid’s framing of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); (ii) town-wide modeling: the experience in Sakhipur, Bangladesh; (iii) research and influencing to address the working conditions of sanitation workers (global and in India); and (iv) a study on the functionality of wastewater treatment plants.

Ram Kumar Shrestha

Ram is the Project Director for the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (Sector) Project with the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management under the Ministry of Water Supply in Nepal. The country is currently undertaking a significant program to upgrade and expand its water and sanitation services. For example, in 2016, only 34% of urban households have septic tanks and only 15% have sewer connections. Overall, municipalities lack funds and skilled personnel to provide cost-effective services.

Jingmin Huang

Ms. Jingmin Huang, a national of the People's Republic of China (PRC), holds a Doctorate degree in water science from the Oxford University, and two bachelor’s degrees in industrial economics and environment engineering from Tianjin University, PRC. She has more than thirty years’ experience in the fields of urban planning, water, wastewater and solid waste management and project development.