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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Training Plan for the Water and Sanitation Component of Sanru II
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November 1, 1985U.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
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Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-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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