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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Designing a Sanitation Program for the Urban Poor: Case Study From Montego Bay, Jamaica

Published: 
May 1, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides a case study of how to design a sanitation program within the unique conditions of a peri-urban settlement. Specifically, the report considers the experience of USAID's Environmental Health Project in designing an initiative to install and maintain appropriate excreta and...Read more
Regional focus: 
JamaicaLatin America and the Caribbean

CARE Water and Health

Published: 
December 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes final evaluation (XD-ABJ-177-A) of a project (11/91-9/93), implemented by CARE in northwestern Guatemala, to construct water supply structures and latrines and provide health education and training in water system maintenance. The evaluation focused on (1) three activities which CARE...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Planning for Urban Environmental Health Programs in Central America: The Development of Water and Sanitation-Related Environmental Health Indicators and The Survey of Existing Data in Three Countries

Published: 
October 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Environmental health problems related to water supply and sanitation conditions in urban areas of Central America are documented in this study. The task was carried out in two stages. First, a set of environmental health indicators -- in the areas of water supply, sanitation and wastewater, solid...Read more
Regional focus: 
Latin America and the Caribbean

Summary Report of The Integrated Cholera Control and Prevention Program for Machala, Ecuador

Published: 
September 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is a summary of the four activities. It relates each activity to the observations made during the 1992 rapid assessment, summarizes the implementation of each activity, and assesses the immediate post-implementation impact. This report also presents an assessment of lessons learned and...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Water and Sanitation for Health and Ecuadorian Development

Published: 
July 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Midterm evaluation of a project to strengthen the capability of Ecuador's Institute of Sanitary Works (IEOS) to assist rural communities in eight provinces (Carchi, Imbabura, Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Azuay, and El Oro) to: (1) install cost-effective, safe water supply...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation of USAID/Ecuador - Water and Sanitation for Ecuadorian Health and Development (WASHED) Project

Published: 
March 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this evaluation is to review the progress of the WASHED Project and make recommendations for its continuation or termination by the date of 12-31-93 which is provided for in the Project agreement. This review must determine the degree of design adaptation; the degree of attainment...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Water Quality Assessment in Ecuador

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
As part of A.I.D.'s response to the El Tor cholera epidemic which arrived in Ecuador in 1991, a multidisciplinary team from the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project conducted a cholera assessment of the country. The team reviewed conditions at both the national level and in three...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Project Monitoring Report 1991-92: Water and Sanitation for Health and Ecuadorian Development (WASHED)

Published: 
November 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report reviews the progress made from July 1991 to mid-September 1992 in the Water and Sanitation for Health and Ecuadorian Development (WASHED) Project, a joint effort of USAID/Ecuador and the Ecuadorian Institute for Sanitary Works (IEOS). It documents the activities to involve project staff...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Grant Agreement between the Republic of Guatemala and the United States of America for the Highlands Water and Sanitation Project

Published: 
August 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The grant agreement for the Highlands Water and Sanitation project, which consisted of assistance to the Guatemalan government to decrease the incidence of gastrointestinal disease in communities through the provision of potable water systems and latrines supported by a health education program.Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation of the Environmental Component of the Community-Based Integrated Health and Nutrition Project in Guatemala

Published: 
February 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
With the Project Assistance Completion Date (PACD) of the Environmental Sanitation Component of the Integrated Health and Nutrition System Project coming up at the end of 1988, a team from the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project evaluated the program for the USAID Mission in Guatemala...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

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