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
Understanding Water Supply and Treatment for Individual and Small Community Systems
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper provides guidelines on how to choose a water source, and how to purify and retrieve water to ensure that it is safe for human consumption. Applications are general in nature, relying on the creativity of the system designer to draw from whatever resources are available to develop a water...Read more
Who Will Go for the Ball? A WASH Education Comic Book
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool was designed by teenagers in Ghana to get their peers to think about WASH in their daily lives.Read more
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan AfricaMy Health, My Wealth: The WASH Funtivity Book
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This behavior change communications tool, designed for children 6-12 years of age, is full of fun activities to get kids thinking about proper sanitation and hygiene practices.Read more
Regional focus:
Sub-Saharan AfricaRainwater Harvesting and Disaster Management
The National Institutes for Water Resources
The cities of Japan responding to natural disasters through rainwater harvesting Japan not among the list.Read more
Maintaining Intakes
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note discusses maintenance of the intakes for ponds, lakes, rivers and streams.Read more
Disinfecting Wells With Chlorine
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to disinfect a well using chlorine. Disinfecting a well involves calculating the required amount of chlorine compound, mixing and applying the solution.Read more
Analyzing a Water Sample
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical notes describes the steps in water analysis. Water analysis is helpful to determine the level of water supply treatment. This note outlines testing for bacteriological contamination.Read more
Maintaining Well Logs
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note describes how to maintain a well log. Maintaining a log involves recording information on the physical characteristics of the well, the soil formations encountered during construction and the yield of the well.Read more
Overview of Rural Water Supply
U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical note serves as the table of contents for the list of technical notes on USAID "Water for the World" rural water supply series. This note provides the suggested order for reading the other technical notes. It also provides additional sources for rural water supply.Read more
Concept Note 1 Examining Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Strategies to Incorporate Nutrition, Hygiene, or Health Into Agricultural Programs
U.S. Agency for International Development
This concept note focuses on one of the central tenets of SPRING, which is to promote social and behavioral change with multi-sectorial and community-directed approaches. Successful health behavior change interventions in developing countries must rely upon insight from previous successes and...Read more
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