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.
Published:
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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Ghana, Sub-Saharan AfricaImproving Sanitation, Building Skills in Household Latrine Construction
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June 1, 2012Relief International, U.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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Ghana, Sub-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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Ghana, Sub-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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Ghana, Sub-Saharan 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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Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan AfricaPRE/CAP: Prefeasibility Studies in East and Southern Africa, Phase I Report
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October 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
In late 1991, the Regional Economic Development Services Office, East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA) began an initiative to identify capital projects in the water and sanitation (W&S) sector, among other, and to suggest possible uses for a special appropriation of $650 million under study by...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDevelopment of an Operations and Maintenance Strategy for Rural Water Supply in Zaire: Phase I Report
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May 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
In February 1989, the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project received a request for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to the Republic of Zaire regarding operations and maintenance in rural water supply (RWS). This report contains the findings of...Read more
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Sub-Saharan AfricaDomestic Water Supply and Sanitation in Irrigation Projects
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May 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
Serving some 880,000 ha along the Blue Nile in Sudan, the Gezira-Managil Irrigation Scheme has led to dramatic increases in occurrences of malaria, schistosomiasis, diarrhea, and other water-related diseases. This study uses Gezira-Managil as a case in point to draw the attention of project...Read more
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Sudan, Sub-Saharan AfricaTraining of Trainers Workshop II and Training Materials Development for the Water and Sanitation Component of Sanru II
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October 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID/Zaire requested WASH Project assistance in developing a training strategy for the water and sanitation component of the SANRU II project. The key activities during the visit were to assess the level of training skills of the National Training Team, design and conduct a two-week intermediate...Read more
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Congo, Dem. Rep., Sub-Saharan AfricaMalawi Self-Help Rural Water Supply Program: Final Evaluation
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August 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
This report constitutes the final evaluation of the USAID-financed rural piped water project in Malawi. The Government of Malawi (GOM) began developing a self-help rural water supply program in 1969. In 1980, USAID agreed to support the program with a $6million grant over a five-year period (...Read more
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