Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
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. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources
Freshwater Supply and Distribution: a Developing Crisis in the Western Region. Issue Brief 5 in Series H?n Mpoano: Our Coast, Our Future.
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February 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
Inadequate access to freshwater of good quality and sufficient quantity for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses is an evolving crisis is Ghana.Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaYemen : Complex Emergency - Fact Sheet #1, FY 2014
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January 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
This fact sheet provides an overview of the emergency response to the complex humanitarian emergency in Yemen.Read more
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Yemen, Rep.Middle East and North AfricaEgypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support Program (Year 5 Work Plan)
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October 4, 2012Skoll Global Threats FundU.S. Agency for International Development
Chemonics International is pleased to present this Year 5 work plan for the Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support (WWSS) Program. The plan covers a 15-month period from July 1, 2012 - September 15, 2013, which includes the final year of the project's activities. The period will run...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaImproving Sanitation, Building Skills in Household Latrine Construction
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June 1, 2012Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This success story is from the Ghana WASH, USAID-funded, project. It focuses on how the project built local capacity and demand for household latrines.Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaMCC Helps Sustain Eradication of the Guinea Worm
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March 1, 2012Millennium Challenge Corporation
For ages, Ghanaians relying on stagnant water for their main drinking supply risked contracting Guinea worm disease. As the worm breaks through the skin, the parasite-borne disease leads to a painful infection a year after contamination, complete with fever and swelling, leaving its victims...Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaGhana Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project - Success Story - Improving Youth Hygiene, With Comic Books for Students, By Students
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January 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
For young students, learning lessons on hygiene and sanitation is now as easy as reading a comic book. The USAID-supported Ghana WASH Project is using a new approach - an educational comic book - to share sanitation and hygiene messaging with youth, and the storyline is informed by students'...Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaEgypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support Program (Year 4 Work Plan)
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October 13, 2011Skoll Global Threats FundU.S. Agency for International Development
Chemonics International is pleased to present this Year 4 work plan for the Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support (WWSS) Program, prepared in cooperation with its subcontractors, CH2M Hill and Chemonics Egypt. The plan covers the period from October 1, 2011 - September 15, 2012, which is the...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaQuarterly Progress Report - Water and Wastewater Sector Support
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April 17, 2011Skoll Global Threats FundU.S. Agency for International Development
This progress report details the activities that have taken place during the second quarter of the third year of the USAID-funded Water and Wastewater Sector Support (WWSS) Program.Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North AfricaEthiopia - Complex Emergency: Situation Report #7, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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October 1, 2008U.S. Agency for International Development
Severe rainfall created humanitarian challenges including: conflict, flooding, malnutrition, and infestation. USAID provided assistance with WASH, flood alleviation , food security, and nutrition in Ethiopia.Read more
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EthiopiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Timor - Complex Emergency: Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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September 30, 2008U.S. Agency for International Development
Timor Leste is decommissioning internally displaced person camps and moving displaced persons to transitional shelters and places of origin and providing WASH facilities during transition.Read more
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