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
Meant 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 theTanzaniaSave Lake Tanganyika: Treat it Like an Ocean
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November 30, 2011Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
A National Geographic News article describing Lake Tanganyika's unique number of fish species found nowhere else in the world and conservation approaches to protect the lake's rich biodiversity. Read more
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Congo, Dem. Rep.TanzaniaWWF Side Events
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April 13, 2015This resource profile will direct you to the schedule for all World Water Forum side events.Read more
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GlobalA Guide to SolutionMUS Putting Multiple-Use Water Services into Action
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January 1, 2011Winrock International
This guide provides an overview of the SolutionMUS approach with inspirational examples from multiple contexts. The guide includes information on how to put SolutionMUS into practice with information on water services and impact-boosting programs in health, livelihoods and environment.Read more
Animated Video: Keep the Water Flowing: Winrock's Multiple-Use Water Services
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March 1, 2010Winrock International
This short, animated video introduces the concept of Multiple-Use Water Services.Read more
Video: A Kabori Story: Multiple-Use Water Services in Niger
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December 1, 2010Winrock International
This 8-minute video shows the impacts of Multiple-Use Water Services on a subsistence farmer and his family in Zinder, Niger.Read more
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