The 3rd International Faecal Sludge Management Conference 2015

Considering the current situation of  Asia in FSM aspects and Vietnam’s efforts to better understand the full spectrum of urban sanitation service delivery models for the country. FSM3 has been organized in Hanoi, with the local support from the Institute of Environmental Science & Engineering (IESE), the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE), the Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA) and the Ministry of Construction (MOC) as national partners. It is an unique opportunity to learn from exciting regional innovations to face the coming challenges. The conference also brings together professionals across the world to share experiences and knowledge in order to collaborate and build new partnerships, while also addressing practical applications and solutions and effective adaption.  The conference was held from 19 January to 21 January 2015 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Dr. Tu Vu Van, researcher at the Center for Public Health and Ecosystem Research _ Hanoi School of Public Health on behalf of his colleagues from CENPHER, IESE, Swiss TPH and VOHUN working on One Health in Vietnam - gave an overview on the Nutrient values and Health Risks of Combined Human and Animal Excreta Management in Vietnam.  Since the reuntreated human and animal excreta once released into the environment can be a hazard to the environment and human health by possible pathogens ad chemical residues in Vietnam. That is why the research has brought out the idea to combine human and animal excreta storage/composting can be used as a relevant model to treat and produce a value and safe product fertilizer for the farmers in the agriculture areas. The results from the study can be utilized for the further steps of the potential intervention research with controlled composting conditions aiming at producing of safe and valuable fertilizer from the human and animal excreta.

Website of the conference:  http://www.fsm3.org/

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