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
Water-Based Health Care in the Lake Tanganyika Basin
Published:
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 Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, TanzaniaConnection between Under-Five Deaths, Food Security, and WASH in Eastern Congo
Published:
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 Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, TanzaniaRecommended Reading: Lake Tanganyika
Published:
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 Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, TanzaniaVideo: A Kabori Story: Multiple-Use Water Services in Niger
Published:
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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Sub-Saharan AfricaHousehold Motivations for Investing in Multiple-Use Water Services in Rural Burkina Faso
Winrock International
Article from Johns Hopkins Water Institute discussing users' motivations for investing in low-cost water technologies in rural Burkina Faso. Concentrates primarily on income generation and livelihoods of women...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaVideo: Improving People's Livelihoods with SolutionMUS - Small Livestock
Published:
May 1, 2015Winrock International
Most livelihood activities require water. Productive water services alone increase income and food security but the benefits of this productive water can be solidified and amplified through targeted livelihoods support programs. This video tells the story of Nyakonge, a pastoralist village in...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaHouseholds Motivations for Investing in Multiple-Use Water Services in Rural Burkina Faso
Published:
December 1, 2013Winrock International
Article from Johns Hopkins Water Institute discussing users� motivations for investing in low-cost water technologies in rural Burkina Faso. Concentrates primarily on income generation and livelihoods of women.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaPlan Ghana CLTS Capacity Building for Natural Leaders
Published:
January 1, 1970The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
The Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability project is a four year, sanitation focused, operational research project that aims to advance rural sanitation efforts by improving the cost-effectiveness and scalability of the CLTS approach, with a particular focus on the role of local actors. In Ghana...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaWater for agriculture: How one innovative project is helping African farmers grow more food
Published:
March 20, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
This blog highlights OPIC partner Pamiga Finance S.A., an investment company developed to bring financial resources to rural microfinance institutions in Africa. One key aim of the project was to provide dedicated loans to African farmers so they could invest in micro-irrigation systems and improve...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaBelstar Corp: Modernizing Ghana's water system
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November 19, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Shortage of clean water and sanitation systems in Ghana is associated with multiple health problems as well as 20,000 deaths per year. Belstar Corp., a Florida company, and Deutsche Bank Trust Co., have been retained by the government of Ghana to implement a project to rehabilitate 38 eisting...Read more
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