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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Assessment of the Environmental Sanitation Construction Component: Integrated Health and Nutrition Systems Project in Guatemala

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.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
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Workshop on Sanitation in Bakel, Senegal, April 20 - May 3, 1983: an Assessment of Environmental Health Conditions

Published: 
June 1, 1983
U.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
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Relating Improvements in Water Supply and Sanitation to Nutritional Status

Published: 
October 1, 1982
U.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

C-211 Attendance At a Seminar: Opportunities for the Control of Dracunculosis, June 16-19, 1982

Published: 
July 13, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
This memo attempts to share the synoptic view of the proceedings of the seminar: "Opportunities for the Control of Dracunculosis," June 16-19, 1982. The seminar was planned to bring together scientists involved in research on the parasite the vector and their control and public health...Read more

Environmental Health in Egypt: A Sectoral Assessment and Recommendations

Published: 
April 19, 1982
U.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
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Community Water Supply and Sanitation in Sudan

Published: 
April 1, 1982
U.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
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Participants Manual for Sessions on Water Supply and Sanitation: USAID Workshop on Primary Health Care in Africa, November 15-20, 1981, Lome, Togo

Published: 
February 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
This manual contains 3 types of documents: resource documents prepared by speakers, background papers/checklists/worksheets and case studies, and appendices consisting of a series of abstracts, lists of lenders, and reference from contact on planning rural water supplies. The workshop sessions on...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Grant Agreement and Amendments Between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and The United States of America for Market Town Water Supply - Jaffna

Published: 
November 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant agreements and relevant amendments between the United States and Sri Lanka for National Health projects.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sri LankaSouth East Asia

Socio-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

Published: 
November 1, 1980
U.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
Regional focus: 
PeruLatin America and the Caribbean

Triocide: Questions and Answers

Published: 
November 1, 1980
U.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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