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Disasters cause significant impacts on the household poverty and national economic growth trends through economic losses and shocks to livelihood systems. The water related extremes such as floods, account for …

The provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in schools has been established to improve health, boost educational achievement and promote gender equity which has a positive impact on the …

This study sought to analyse the efficiency of rooftop rainwater harvesting (RRWH) in T/A Chimaliro of Thyolo district towards a successful realisation of WASH in the era of climate change …

TA Ngabu in Chikwawa district is prone to several droughts. Drought disasters have caused extensive damages which affected many sectors of the society with agriculture in particular and this sets …

Among the various types of natural disasters, earthquake is considered as one of the most destructive events which impose a great number of human fatalities and economic losses. Visualization of …

People in villages depend on groundwater sources like boreholes and wells. However, due to the cost of conducting water tests most of these boreholes and wells are not tested to …

This study was carried out in T/A Chimaliro, Thyolo district, Malawi to assess the status of water, sanitation and hygiene practices among randomly selected households. A total of 73 households …

Wastewater treatment is done to reduce the transmission of excreta related diseases and to reduce water pollution to avoid damage to aquatic biota. In developing countries, waste stabilization ponds are …

Malawi is highly vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather events given its location along the great African Rift Valley, rapid population growth, unsustainable urbanization, climate variability and change, and …

Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) beyond household, and especially in the school-setting, is very important to the general health and education of children. Thus, the provision of WASH services …

This paper discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on undergraduate students at MUST. It also shades light, through its findings, on the measures undertaken and measures that can be …

This study examined the determinants of social economic vulnerability to floods among youths in Chikwawa district. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. The study had discussions with key Stakeholders …