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

Project Activities Completion Report: Rural Water and Sanitation

U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1980-89) to provide potable water and sanitation systems in rural Honduras. The targeted 430 water systems were completed, and 420 are working satisfactorily; watershed deterioration is to blame for those not functioning. However, the water delivered by these functioning systems...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Honduras
Latin America and the Caribbean

Impact Evaluation of a Large-Scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia

Foundation Center
This impact evaluation assesses the results of Indonesian Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing (TSSM) program. Unlike many RCTs that are carried out on pilot programs, it looks at an intervention that has been implemented at scale and led by the government under real-world conditions,...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Indonesia
East Asia and Pacific

Real Impact: Senegal the Water and Development Alliance

U.S. Agency for International Development
The Coca-Cola Company
USAID's Real Impact series highlights examples of water sector projects around the world. Each case example provides from-the-field insights about successful approaches, challenges faced, and lessons learned.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Senegal
Sub-Saharan Africa

Microbes Increasingly Viewed as Water Quality Threat

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Many U.S. citizens believe that thanks to our advanced technology and enlightened public policy we can consume without risk the food and water that are readily available to most of us, as citizens of a rich and privileged country. Some of those who subscribe to this buoyant and comforting attitude...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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