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

Review of USAID Rural Potable Water Programs, Haiti

Publication date:
January 8, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides an overview of a 1980 assessment visit to Rural Water Supply projects implemented by CARE through an Operational Program Grant from USAID/Haiti. The document includes an overview of CARE's programs in rural water supply, comments and recommendations for the CARE/AID...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Haiti
Latin America and the Caribbean

USAID Hand-Operated Water Pump: A Classic Example of Technology Transfer

Publication date:
January 1, 1981
U.S. Agency for International Development
A.I.D.'s technology transfer efforts have enabled various developing nations to produce their own hand-operated water pumps, thereby providing them with improved rural health, a source of pride and employment, and an alternative to costlier imported pumps. This report describes an A.I.D...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

WaterMatch

CH2M HILL
WaterMatch is a goodwill grassroots initiative to promote the beneficial reuse of municipal effluent by industrial and agricultural users. Water users can locate municipal wastewater treatment plants in their area. Municipal wastewater organizations can provide information in their profile.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Water Tools for Business

CH2M HILL
CH2M HILL has worked with global business organizations and companies to develop the world’s leading water tools that help individual companies across sectors identify their most significant water-related risks both globally and locally and the steps they should take to cost-effectively manage risk...Read more

Value of Water Coalition

CH2M HILL
CH2M HILL joined other leading organizations from the water sector as a member of the Value of Water Coalition which is working to inform Americans about the value of water and the challenges facing our nation’s water infrastructure. Read more

ISIS Flood Risk Management Tool

CH2M HILL
ISIS, developed by CH2M HILL, provides users with a flexible and cost-effective range of tools to help understand and manage the challenges associated with flood risk. Read more

Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability: Systematic Literature Review

Publication date:
March 1, 2014
The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
The project, Testing CLTS Approaches for Scalability, evaluates through a rigorous research program three distinctive strategies to enhance the roles of local actors in Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) interventions in Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia. The project aims to learn, capture and share...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Malawi: Report on the Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Development of a National Action Plan

Publication date:
July 1, 2014
The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
On 18 April, 2013, in Lilongwe, the Ministry of Health hosted a Stakeholders’ Consultative Workshop on the Development of a National Action Plan on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Malawi. Stakeholders in Malawi from organizations involved in health and development efforts discussed...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Impacts of Climate-Related Hazardous Events on Drinking Water and Sanitation Coverage: Determining Vulnerability and Preparedness

The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Climate change is projected to alter the global hydrologic cycle, causing increasing intensification and variability in precipitation. These changes will adversely impact water and sanitation coverage. The severity of these climate-related hazardous events on drinking water and sanitation systems...Read more

Water and Sanitation Markets in the Pacific: Understanding Demand and Fostering Sustainable WASH Marketplaces

The Water Institute at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Sanitation marketing has been identified as a promising approach for increasing access to adequate sanitation. However, it is unclear if sanitation marketing offers a coherent framework that can transform the WASH sector in the Pacific into a sustainable, demand-driven market. Further, access to...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
East Asia and Pacific

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