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

A Public Health Project in Methods of Schistosomiasis Haematobium Control in Adasawase, Ghana

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Africa. Adasawase is a rural village in eastern Ghana that had a 49.8% prevalence rate in 2008. This project utilized a public health approach to further control schistosomiasis. Infection rates in schoolchildren were determined by urine...Read more

Ammonia Wastewater Treatment by Immobilized Activated Sludge

Published: 
January 1, 2010
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The increase in urbanization has created the need for proper management and treatment of wastewater. The activated sludge process is an alternative method to treat high strength ammonia wastewater. In this project, the effect of temperature and the nitrification performances in treating ammonia...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Bunds and Bugs in West Africa: Does Rice Irrigation Threaten Farmers' Health?

Published: 
January 1, 1999
U.S. Agency for International Development
Wetland water management and irrigation schemes are thought to make a vector borne disease endemic worse in West Africa. The development and promotion of wetland/irrigated rice cultivation has been restrained because of such health concerns. With rapidly growing consumer demand for rice, and the...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

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 Shortage and Related Public Health Problems: an Action Plan for the City of Beira, Mozambique

Published: 
February 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Several years of below-average rainfall have produced record-low flows in the Pungoe River , Beira's only surface water supply. While sufficient in quantity to meet Beira's supply needs, these low flows fail to prevent saltwater from reaching the intake, some 77 km from the mouth of the...Read more
Regional focus: 
MozambiqueSub-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

Population and Water in Central Tunisia

Published: 
March 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The report details the historic demographics of Tunisia and how they are changing. The document suggests the health and water related infrastructure issues for a rapidly growing and urbanizing population.Read more
Regional focus: 
TunisiaMiddle East and North 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

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