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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Health Resources
Overflowing cities: The State of the World’s Toilets 2016
Published:
November 18, 2016WaterAid
Human beings are now largely an urban species: for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population (54%, or 3.9 billion people) lives in towns, cities and megacities. By 2050, that’s expected to rise to two-thirds. Many new urbanites, and particularly the poorest, are not moving...Read more
Menstrual hygiene matters: An essential resource for improving menstrual hygiene for women and girls
Published:
June 7, 2016WaterAid
This educational and empowering resource tackles without shame or recourse to euphemism an issue that is a major stumbling block for the realisation not only of the rights to water and sanitation of girls and women, but for ensuring gender equality. Nine modules and toolkits cover key aspects of...Read more
Lessons from East Asia: How to achieve total sanitation and hygiene coverage within a generation
Published:
April 27, 2016WaterAid
This discussion paper presents the findings from research in East Asian states on the political economy of sanitation and hygiene services which delivered total coverage within a generation.Read more
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