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
Compendium of Accessible WASH Technologies
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December 3, 2014WEDC - Loughborough UniversityWaterAid
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, 2014WaterAidWEDC - 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 AfricaMeant to Keep Malaria Out, Mosquito Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In
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January 24, 2015The LTFHC was glad to serve as a resource to journalist Jeffrey Gettleman in the preparation of this article featured in The New York Times. The article describes the potential environmental problems of treated mosquito nets being used to catch fish. Millions of mosquito nets are handed out to...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaFrom Curse to Cure: The Impact of Energy Exploration & Production in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
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September 10, 2014Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
New study charts risks and rewards of the forthcoming oil boom in the African Great Lakes:
The LTFHC released a white paper on the burgeoning hydrocarbon sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the surrounding African Great Lakes region. The unprecedented study details how the oil and gas...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaBurundiCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaWater-Based Health Care in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
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July 1, 2013Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
This video documents the work of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic (LTFHC). The LTFHC/WAVE is an organization that is both dedicated and uniquely positioned to drive positive outcomes for the people and environment in the Lake Tanganyika Basin by delivering health care by boat to the...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaConnection between Under-Five Deaths, Food Security, and WASH in Eastern Congo
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January 16, 2015Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
LTFHC/WAVE Special Report No. 2 reports on the organization's trip to the southern part of South Kivu (DR Congo) in October 2014, where the team conducted eleven epidemiologic and technical surveys. Data was collected from Uvira and Nundu Health Zones in the Tanganyika District. Analysis of...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaRecommended Reading: Lake Tanganyika
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September 1, 2014Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
Despite being so isolated, the future and fate of the Lake Tanganyika Basin could not be more connected to the rest of the world. Rich in natural resources like oil and minerals and a place of enormous environmental importance because it contains one fifth of the world’s fresh water, the lake...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaNational Geographic Kids - Lake Tanganyika Pg 1
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May 1, 2014Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
A colorful fact sheet about the Lake Tanganyika Basin published in the May 2014 edition of National Geographics Kids - PAGE ONERead more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaNational Geographic Kids - Lake Tanganyika Pg 2
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May 1, 2014Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
A colorful fact sheet about the Lake Tanganyika Basin published in the May 2014 edition of National Geographics Kids - PAGE TWORead more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCongo, Democratic Republic of theTanzaniaVideo: A Kabori Story: Multiple-Use Water Services in Niger
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December 1, 2010Winrock International
This 8-minute video shows the impacts of Multiple-Use Water Services on a subsistence farmer and his family in Zinder, Niger.Read more
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