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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Water Shortage and Related Public Health Problems: an Action Plan for the City of Beira, Mozambique
Published:
February 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
Several years of below-average rainfall have produced record-low flows in the Pungoe River , Beira's only surface water supply. While sufficient in quantity to meet Beira's supply needs, these low flows fail to prevent saltwater from reaching the intake, some 77 km from the mouth of the...Read more
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