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
USAID Hand-Operated Water Pump: A Classic Example of Technology Transfer
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January 1, 1981U.S. Agency for International Development
A.I.D.'s technology transfer efforts have enabled various developing nations to produce their own hand-operated water pumps, thereby providing them with improved rural health, a source of pride and employment, and an alternative to costlier imported pumps. This report describes an A.I.D...Read more
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GlobalHousehold Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Malawi: Report on the Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Development of a National Action Plan
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July 1, 2014The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
On 18 April, 2013, in Lilongwe, the Ministry of Health hosted a Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Development of a National Action Plan on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Malawi. Stakeholders in Malawi from organizations involved in health and development efforts discussed...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaIntegrating WASH into NTD Programs: A Desk Review
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May 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
This desk review, Integrating WASH into Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Programs, documents the current state of knowledge within WASH and NTD programs and explores coordinated WASH-NTD integration programs or WASH activities that have been proven or tried to help achieve elimination or control...Read more
A Review of Decision-Making Support Tools in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector
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May 15, 2008Pacific Institute
This report evaluates 120 existing resources in the WASH sector, finds significant gaps, and recommends the development of a decision-making tool that can help practitioners evaluate which approaches are appropriate for their situation.Read more
Human Costs of Nitrate-contaminated Drinking Water in the San Joaquin Valley
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March 1, 2011Pacific Institute
This research finds that nitrate contamination of groundwater has wide-reaching effects on California's health, economic vitality, and environmental well being, disproportionately affecting low-income households and Spanish-speaking residents...Read more
mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector
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April 1, 2012Pacific Institute
Billions of the world's poor still lack access to basic water and sanitation services, yet many of them can count mobile phones among their possessions. Water and sanitation practitioners have begun to tap the potential of these phones as tools to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...Read more
Global Water Governance in the 21st Century
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July 24, 2013Pacific Institute
This report examines structures and approaches needed to meet the challenge of sustainable water management in an interconnected world.Read more
Compendium of Accessible WASH Technologies
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December 3, 2014WEDC - Loughborough University, WaterAid
This compendium of accessible WASH technologies is designed for use by staff, such as health workers and community volunteers, working directly with communities in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. A few examples of technologies are presented that families can adapt to suit their needs and budgets...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaFrontiers of CLTS Issue 3: Disability - Making CLTS Fully Inclusive
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July 25, 2014WaterAid, WEDC - Loughborough University
Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) aims at total sanitation. For that it has to be inclusive. There are ethical reasons for this, but the bottom line is that while any open defecation continues, all are affected. This issue of Frontiers of CLTS focuses on people with disabilities and particular...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaGroundwater-Dependent Ecosystems- Level I Inventory Field Guide
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March 1, 2012U.S. Department of Agriculture
This Level I inventory field guide describes a national protocol to supply data used in project identification and planning. Data collected through this field guide serve as the basis for the assessment of project and activity effects on, and the identification of project-level design and...Read more
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