IDRC2012-03-022012-03-022010http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48405Some text in FrenchWorkshop papers focus on waste management in informal settlements and urban slum conditions. Neglect by local leaders/government is key to an ongoing poorly functioning system. Urban authorities continue to leave beneficiary communities as ‘passive’ service consumers. To improve the urban environment and health status of the urban poor, affected communities should be involved in problem identification and proposed solutions. Unsafe water, poor drainage and garbage disposal, inadequate latrines and air pollution are key urban environmental problems.1 digital file (50 p. : ill.)application/pdfenSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONSANITATIONENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHSANTEGESTION DES DECHETS SOLIDESHYGIENE DU MILIEUASSAINISSEMENTWASTE MANAGEMENTSOLID WASTESINFORMAL SETTLEMENTSSLUMSWATER SUPPLYDISEASE CONTROLDRAINAGEDIARRHEASLAUGHTERINGURBAN HEALTHPARTICIPATORY APPROACHSOUTH OF SAHARAGLOBAL SOUTHWorkshop Report