Health
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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USAID: Water and Sanitation
U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource is the homepage for the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) work on water and sanitation. From this page, users can navigate through case studies, as well as lessons learned and best practices. Users will also find the Water and Development Strategy available on...Read more
USAID: Global Development Lab
U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource is the homepage for the U.S. Global Development Lab, which is a new entity within USAID that brings together a diverse set of partners to discover, test, and scale breakthrough solutions to achieve what human progress has only now made possible -- the end of extreme poverty by 2030...Read more
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