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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MCC Helps Sustain Eradication of the Guinea Worm
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March 1, 2012Millennium Challenge Corporation
For ages, Ghanaians relying on stagnant water for their main drinking supply risked contracting Guinea worm disease. As the worm breaks through the skin, the parasite-borne disease leads to a painful infection a year after contamination, complete with fever and swelling, leaving its victims...Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaDesigning a Sanitation Program for the Urban Poor: Case Study From Montego Bay, Jamaica
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May 1, 1997U.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
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JamaicaLatin America and the CaribbeanStrategies for Linking Water and Sanitation Programs to Child Survival
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September 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Strategies for linking water and sanitation programs to child survival. In June 1989, the AID funded Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) sponsored a workshop to review the experience of eight project which have linked water supply and sanitation and child survival. The recommendations...Read more
Domestic Water Supply and Sanitation in Irrigation Projects
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May 1, 1988U.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
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SudanSub-Saharan AfricaTraining 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 AfricaRationale and Strategy for Initiating Water Supply and Sanitation Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa
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February 1, 1984U.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
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Sub-Saharan AfricaHealth, Prosperity and Sustainability
The National Institutes for Water Resources
The Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition is an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy, green Ontario where the environmental, social and economic benefits of green infrastructure are fully realized.Read more
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CanadaCase Study from World Vision on Citizen Advocacy and Disabilities
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March 1, 2014World Vision
This case study from Ghana tells the story of a blind man who advocates in his community for improved water and sanitation.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaCase Study on Boreholes in Malawi
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March 1, 2014World Vision
Children and families in Chimpini village are no longer dependent on the contaminated Chasato River for their water, the same water that would make them sick regularly. Alternately, they no longer need to walk nearly two miles to an overly crowded borehole.Read more
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