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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Strengthening Linkages Between Primary Health Care and Water Supply Projects
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January 1, 1985U.S. Agency for International Development
This study looks at strengthening linkages between primary health care and water supply projects. Primary health care and water supply projects in developing countries are often planned and implemented separately; yet there should be important linkages between them. The failure to make the linkages...Read more
Impact of Improved Water Supplies and Excreta Disposal Facilities on Diarrheal Morbidity, Growth and Mortality Among Children
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January 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Many studies have tried to associate water supply and sanitation facilities with health status. The published results are confusing and contradictory because of methodological problems. This review attempts to establish a cause-effect relationship between water and sanitation and diarrheal...Read more
Relationship Between Literacy and Feeding Patterns on Infant Mortality: the Interaction With Water and Sanitation
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January 1, 1984U.S. Agency for International Development
Recent studies of the effects of water and sanitation conditions on infant mortality have produced contradictory findings. This study expands upon previous research to investigate water and sanitation effects in light of other variables: mothers' education, infant feeding practices other than...Read more
Assessment of the Environmental Sanitation Construction Component: Integrated Health and Nutrition Systems Project in Guatemala
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November 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
The Integrated Health and Nutrition System Project was initiated with the signing of the loan agreement on September 30, 1980. The project is designed to improve the health/nutrition status and overall welfare of the rural poor in the departments of Totonicapan, San Marcos and Solola through full...Read more
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Guatemala, Latin America and the CaribbeanWorkshop on Sanitation in Bakel, Senegal, April 20 - May 3, 1983: an Assessment of Environmental Health Conditions
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June 1, 1983U.S. Agency for International Development
In spring 1983, a workshop on rural sanitation, herein summarized, was held in Bakel, Senegal, to give 16 people, including 12 nurses participating in A.I.D.'s Small Irrigated Perimeters Project, the skills needed to plan village-level sanitation projects. The workshop focused on latrine...Read more
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Senegal, Sub-Saharan AfricaRelating Improvements in Water Supply and Sanitation to Nutritional Status
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October 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper assumes a causal relationship, although poorly discerned and incompletely described, between certain improvements in water supply and sanitation and the nutritional status of older infants and young children (age 8 months to 4 years). Since the debate surrounding this relationship bears...Read more
Environmental Health in Egypt: A Sectoral Assessment and Recommendations
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April 19, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
Vigorous multidisciplinary and multiagency steps have been taken to strengthen operational activities in Egypt. This report serves three purposes: to identify the current situation in Egypt, show the shortcomings of the current environmental and legal systems, and provide recommendations on the...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep., Middle East and North AfricaCommunity Water Supply and Sanitation in Sudan
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April 1, 1982U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of the visit was to analyze ongoing and proposed USAID projects as well as other more general water and sanitation problems in Sudan. It is recommended that a water supply and sanitation component be added to the ongoing Northern Primary Health Care and Rural Health Care projects...Read more
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Sudan, Sub-Saharan AfricaSocio-Cultural and Economic Characteristics of Conditions in Ancash and La Libertad, Peru With Special Emphasis on the Callejones De Huaylas and Conchucos: Questions to Be Considered in an Evaluation of Care - Sponsored Water, Sewage and Health Projects
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November 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is prepared to provide a PPC evaluation team which is reviewing CARE-implemented water, sewage, and health projects with information on socio-cultural and economic patters in highland portions of those departments. Water and sanitation practices will vary considerable in the study areas...Read more
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Peru, Latin America and the CaribbeanTriocide: Questions and Answers
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November 1, 1980U.S. Agency for International Development
The safety and effectiveness of the disinfectant Triocide for use in water treatment systems is examined. Interviews and a literature review were used to draw the following major conclusions: (1) Triocide seems to be safe, simple, and effective in the short term, with distinct operational...Read more
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