Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

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. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources

Assistance in The Development of a Water and Sanitation Policy for Ecuador

Published: 
March 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the work of a team that provided technical assistance to the Sub secretary for Environmental Quality [Subsecretarla de Saneamiento Ambiental or SSA] of the Government of Ecuador (GOE). The consultant team was provided by the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project at...Read more
Regional focus: 
EcuadorLatin America and the Caribbean

Training in Water and Wastewater Institutional Programs: Long-Term, Short-Term and Study Tours

Published: 
March 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Near East Bureau of the Agency for International Development requested the Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) to identify and assess the organizations and institutions that offer high quality training and educational programs in the urban water supply and wastewater treatment sector...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North 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

Meeting a Basic Human Need: Aid's Rural Potable Water and Sanitation Program

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Unsafe water and inadequate sanitation spread fatal and debilitating diseases which affect millions of lives in the developing world. The United States has been concerned with this problem for over 40 years. Between fiscal years 1978 and 1982, AID provided over $161 million in Development...Read more

Impact of Improved Water Supplies and Excreta Disposal Facilities on Diarrheal Morbidity, Growth and Mortality Among Children

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Many studies have tried to associate water supply and sanitation facilities with health status. The published results are confusing and contradictory because of methodological problems. This review attempts to establish a cause-effect relationship between water and sanitation and diarrheal...Read more

Relationship Between Literacy and Feeding Patterns on Infant Mortality: the Interaction With Water and Sanitation

Published: 
January 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
Recent studies of the effects of water and sanitation conditions on infant mortality have produced contradictory findings. This study expands upon previous research to investigate water and sanitation effects in light of other variables: mothers' education, infant feeding practices other than...Read more

Assessment of the Environmental Sanitation Construction Component: Integrated Health and Nutrition Systems Project in Guatemala

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Integrated Health and Nutrition System Project was initiated with the signing of the loan agreement on September 30, 1980. The project is designed to improve the health/nutrition status and overall welfare of the rural poor in the departments of Totonicapan, San Marcos and Solola through full...Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Togo Rural Water: Project Paper Amendment

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this project paper amendment is to provide justification for a three year extension of the project activity completion date to September 9, 1987 and an increase in Life of project funding of $3.9 million. Project goal and purpose remain essentially unchanged. The necessary changes in...Read more
Regional focus: 
TogoSub-Saharan Africa

Directory of Organizations Involved in Community Education and Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation

Published: 
November 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
There is increasing demand for information on organizations that can support the development or improvement of community education and participation in water supply and sanitation projects, whether through social research, evaluation, technical advice, training, or the production of educational...Read more

Guidelines for Human Resource Development Planning in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector

Published: 
October 1, 1983
U.S. Agency for International Development
Only 22% of rural populations have access to reasonably safe water and 15% to sanitary excreta facilities. 77% of the urban population have access to piped water and 75% to sanitary excreta facilities. The UN Water Conference recommended national development policies and plans where appropriate to...Read more

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