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

Freshwater Supply and Distribution: a Developing Crisis in the Western Region. Issue Brief 5 in Series H?n Mpoano: Our Coast, Our Future.

Published: 
February 1, 2013
U.S. Agency for International Development
Inadequate access to freshwater of good quality and sufficient quantity for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses is an evolving crisis is Ghana.Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Improving Sanitation, Building Skills in Household Latrine Construction

Published: 
June 1, 2012
Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This success story is from the Ghana WASH, USAID-funded, project. It focuses on how the project built local capacity and demand for household latrines.Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

MCC Helps Sustain Eradication of the Guinea Worm

Published: 
March 1, 2012
Millennium Challenge Corporation
For ages, Ghanaians relying on stagnant water for their main drinking supply risked contracting Guinea worm disease. As the worm breaks through the skin, the parasite-borne disease leads to a painful infection a year after contamination, complete with fever and swelling, leaving its victims...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Ghana Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project - Success Story - Improving Youth Hygiene, With Comic Books for Students, By Students

Published: 
January 1, 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
For young students, learning lessons on hygiene and sanitation is now as easy as reading a comic book. The USAID-supported Ghana WASH Project is using a new approach - an educational comic book - to share sanitation and hygiene messaging with youth, and the storyline is informed by students'...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

USAID Ghana WASH Project: Modules for Training Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion

Published: 
May 1, 2011
U.S. Agency for International Development
The manual is made up of two parts. The first part, Training Manual for Community Facilitators in Behavior Change Communication in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Sector, provides detailed content and additional information on topics discussed during the training sessions. Copies may be...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Helping Ghana Search for Water

Published: 
September 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of a four-week WASH consultancy to Ghana beginning in July 1984. It was made at the request of the AID Ghana mission and AID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) to address the critical shortage of drinking water in many parts...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

iDE'S Rural Prosperity Initiative 2 Impact Evaluation Report for Ghana

iDE
This is iDE's impact evaluation of its Rural Prosperity Initiative (RPI) in Ghana, implemented in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The RPI aimed to significantly increase the incomes of smallholder farmers through a few key channels, including: development of affordable...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

IWMI Research Report: Treadle Pump Irrigation and Poverty in Ghana

iDE
This study examines the strategies used for dissemination of the treadle pump and the dynamics of its adoption and impacts, with a special focus on poverty alleviation. The data comes primarily from a survey of adopters and non-adopters in the Volta and Ashanti regions of Ghana.Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

Case Study: Increasing Safe Water Consumption in Ghana Through Pipeline-Connected Remote Kiosks

Foundation Center
Safe Water Network has been active in Ghana since 2009, when it established five water systems in peri-urban areas there. Based on research that found a steep decline in household penetration based on distance from a water station, SWN began installing 'remote kiosks' ''...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

USAID Ghana WASH Project: Winrock International's Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Strategy for the Ghana WASH Project

U.S. Agency for International Development
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are powerful drivers of human development, as they affect quality of life through improved health and rising wealth. Behavior change interventions are crucial to not only improving hygienic health, but also generating multiplier social impacts. Awareness is...Read more
Regional focus: 
GhanaSub-Saharan Africa

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