Team Pathfinider presented a modified pit-latrine system that simultaneously addresses Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and offers users a hygienic and inclusive toilet solution. The team called it a Disability Inclusive Latrine PAN (DILPAN).
“Its features help improve hygiene and enhance accessibility and inclusiveness,” he said. “The system is based on a self-closing mechanism that prevents odour, flies and other pests in the pit from gaining access into the pan and consequently minimises spread of diseases.”He added that the trapdoor opens when faeces are dropped on the door thereby allowing the faeces to go into the pit and closes when no load is placed on it.”A team of undergraduate students from Washington University in St.
The Second place prize of $350 went to Rice’s Team TestTSH for its novel design of an easy-to-read, low-cost thyroid hormone test for newborns.
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