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
West Africa - Pounds of Prevention: a Disaster Risk Reduction Story, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID in partnership with the UN have invested in working to prevent outbreaks of Cholera and developing the necessary tools to quickly respond to outbreaks as well as studying past outbreaks of Cholera in West Africa.Read more
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan AfricaEvaluating Operation and Maintenance Training
U.S. Agency for International Development
Evaluation is a way for the action agency and the village to review the value of the water and sanitation system to the community.Read more
Methods of Operation and Maintenance Training
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note is about the important steps in establishing a water and sanitation system in a rural community, specifically arranging for efficient operation and maintenance of the facilities.Read more
Planning Operation and Maintenance Training
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note is about planning operations and maintenance training programs for rural village water and sanitation systems requires choosing a training method and arranging a training program schedule.Read more
Understanding Water Supply and Treatment for Individual and Small Community Systems
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper provides guidelines on how to choose a water source, and how to purify and retrieve water to ensure that it is safe for human consumption. Applications are general in nature, relying on the creativity of the system designer to draw from whatever resources are available to develop a water...Read more
Who Will Go for the Ball? A WASH Education Comic Book
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool was designed by teenagers in Ghana to get their peers to think about WASH in their daily lives.Read more
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan AfricaMy Health, My Wealth: The WASH Funtivity Book
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool, designed for children 6-12 years of age, is full of fun activities to get kids thinking about proper sanitation and hygiene practices.Read more
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan AfricaMaintaining Intakes
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note discusses maintenance of the intakes for ponds, lakes, rivers and streams.Read more
Disinfecting Wells With Chlorine
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to disinfect a well using chlorine. Disinfecting a well involves calculating the required amount of chlorine compound, mixing and applying the solution.Read more
Analyzing a Water Sample
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical notes describes the steps in water analysis. Water analysis is helpful to determine the level of water supply treatment. This note outlines testing for bacteriological contamination.Read more
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