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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Benin Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project: Mid-Term Evaluation

Published: 
February 1, 1989
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mid-term evaluation of a project to improve Benin's rural water/sanitation system through well and latrine construction, the creation of village self-management committees, and related education campaigns. The project is a joint effort among USAID/B, the Government of Benin (GOB), UNICEF, and...Read more
Regional focus: 
BeninSub-Saharan Africa

Domestic Water Supply and Sanitation in Irrigation Projects

Published: 
May 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Serving some 880,000 ha along the Blue Nile in Sudan, the Gezira-Managil Irrigation Scheme has led to dramatic increases in occurrences of malaria, schistosomiasis, diarrhea, and other water-related diseases. This study uses Gezira-Managil as a case in point to draw the attention of project...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

Project Assistance Completion Report: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

Published: 
December 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The seven-year Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project began in 1980 and ran through 1987 in Togo. The purpose of the project was to improve the health and living conditions of 600,000 rural persons living in the Savanna and Plateau regions of Togo by providing potable water sources and improved...Read more
Regional focus: 
TogoSub-Saharan Africa

JESS Third Consultancy Report on Water Quality and Public Health Engineering

Published: 
July 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) are jointly funded by the government of the Somali Democratic Republic (GSDR) and USAID. Technical assistance and JESS management are being provided to the Ministry of Jubba Valley Development (MJVD) by Associates in Rural Development Inc. (...Read more
Regional focus: 
SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa

JESS Second Consultancy Report on Water Quality and Public Health Engineering

Published: 
January 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) are jointly funded by the government of the Somali Democratic Republic (GSDR) and USAID. Technical assistance and JESS management are being provided to the Ministry of Jubba Valley Development (MJVD) by Associates in Rural Development Inc. (...Read more
Regional focus: 
SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa

JESS Consultancy Report on Water Quality and Public Health Engineering

Published: 
November 20, 1986
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Jubba Environmental and Socioeconomic Studies (JESS) are jointly funded by the government of the Somali Democratic Republic (GSDR) and USAID. Technical assistance and JESS management are being provided to the Ministry of Jubba Valley Development (MJVD) by Associates in Rural Development Inc. (...Read more
Regional focus: 
SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa

Training Plan for the Water and Sanitation Component of Sanru II

Published: 
November 1, 1985
U.S. Agency for International Development
The WASH Project assisted the USAID mission in Zaire in developing a training plan for the water and sanitation component of the SANRU II Project. The purpose of the SANRU II Project is to establish sustainable community supported primary health care systems in 50 health rural zones in Zaire...Read more
Regional focus: 
Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan Africa

Rationale and Strategy for Initiating Water Supply and Sanitation Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 
February 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Report on rationale and strategy for initiating water supply and sanitation programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. This strategy should be read in conjunction with the Africa Health Strategy Statement, dated January 1983, since this statement is designed to reach the same audience, namely in-country...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Workshop on Sanitation in Bakel, Senegal, April 20 - May 3, 1983: an Assessment of Environmental Health Conditions

Published: 
June 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
In spring 1983, a workshop on rural sanitation, herein summarized, was held in Bakel, Senegal, to give 16 people, including 12 nurses participating in A.I.D.'s Small Irrigated Perimeters Project, the skills needed to plan village-level sanitation projects. The workshop focused on latrine...Read more
Regional focus: 
SenegalSub-Saharan Africa

Community Water Supply and Sanitation in Sudan

Published: 
April 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of the visit was to analyze ongoing and proposed USAID projects as well as other more general water and sanitation problems in Sudan. It is recommended that a water supply and sanitation component be added to the ongoing Northern Primary Health Care and Rural Health Care projects...Read more
Regional focus: 
SudanSub-Saharan Africa

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