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According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. Resources available in this sub-theme include guidance on installation of cost-effective safe water supply systems and latrines, summaries of health improvements following WASH projects, and other resources that can help to improve the understanding of the health implications of WASH projects.
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Health Resources
Integrating WASH into NTD Programs: A Desk Review
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May 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
This desk review, Integrating WASH into Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Programs, documents the current state of knowledge within WASH and NTD programs and explores coordinated WASH-NTD integration programs or WASH activities that have been proven or tried to help achieve elimination or control...Read more
Integrating Sanitation Into Services for People Living with HIV and AIDS
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July 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The new PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) strategy calls for a comprehensive, multisectoral approach that expands access to prevention, care, and treatment in ways that promote sustainable country programs. This resources provides an outline of quick, easy ways to integrate...Read more
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Considerations for Accelerated PMTCT Programming
U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource provides the reader with background on the reasons why water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is important to Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs, as well as key programmatic considerations for improving the quality and effectiveness of PMTCT interventions. Read more
Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into Nutrition Programming
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May 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource provides the reader with guidance on how to integrate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) components into nutrition programs. Provided in this document are guidance on key WASH practices, such as optimal handwashing, treatment and safe storage of household drinking water, sanitation...Read more
Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Mini Toolbox for Teachers and Schools in Zambia
U.S. Agency for International Development
This toolkit was designed to help teachers, School Health and Nutrition (SHN) coordinators, and other school personnel in Zambian primary schools who are carrying out menstrual hygiene management (MHM) programs or activities in their schools. It contains a set of basic documents, such as a...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCase Study from World Vision on Citizen Advocacy and Disabilities
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March 1, 2014World Vision
This case study from Ghana tells the story of a blind man who advocates in his community for improved water and sanitation.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaInclusive WASH Development: Technology Adaptations for Persons with Disabilities
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October 15, 2014World Vision
This briefing paper, presented at the 36th annual WEDC Conference in Kenya, written by leaders from Messiah College, describes the findings, recommendations and guidelines for inclusive WASH development gleaned from experience with the Africa WASH & Disabilities Study (AWDS). The AWDS seeks to...Read more
Case Study on Boreholes in Malawi
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March 1, 2014World Vision
Children and families in Chimpini village are no longer dependent on the contaminated Chasato River for their water, the same water that would make them sick regularly. Alternately, they no longer need to walk nearly two miles to an overly crowded borehole.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCase Study on Latrines, Hygiene and Improved Health
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March 1, 2014World Vision
World Vision helped to improve the health of a community in Mozambique through the provision of a safe latrine and hygiene training.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaAccess to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: A Survey Assessment of Persons with Disabilities in Rural Mali
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October 1, 2013World Vision
The objective of this survey was to assess numbers and types of [persons with] disabilities in relation to access and use of WASH facilities. Related public attitudes and preferences of persons with disabilities were also assessed within target communities served by World Vision Mali. The survey...Read more
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