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

Clean Water is Not Holy Water: Complexity of Restoring Water Quality in the Pashupati-Aryaghat Segment of the Upper Bagmati River Basin, Nepal

Publication date:
August 1, 2010
iDE
Water in the Pashupati-Aryaghat segment of the upper Bagmati River Basin in Kathmandu valley, the capital city of Nepal, is excessively polluted. The water quality problem is complex, because of the multitude of involved stakeholders, who have different perceptions on the nature of the problem and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
South East Asia

Fishing with Bed Nets on Lake Tanganyika: A Randomized Survey

Publication date:
October 7, 2014
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
The LTFHC conducted a survey about the misuse of treated bed nets on Lake Tanganyika and its impact on water, food sources and public health. The survey was published in Malaria Journal.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Tanzania

Meant to Keep Malaria Out, Mosquito Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In

Publication date:
January 24, 2015
The 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
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

From Curse to Cure: The Impact of Energy Exploration & Production in the Lake Tanganyika Basin

Publication date:
September 10, 2014
Lake 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
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

Water-Based Health Care in the Lake Tanganyika Basin

Publication date:
July 1, 2013
Lake 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
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

Connection between Under-Five Deaths, Food Security, and WASH in Eastern Congo

Publication date:
January 16, 2015
Lake 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
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

Recommended Reading: Lake Tanganyika

Publication date:
September 1, 2014
Lake 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
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

National Geographic Kids - Lake Tanganyika Pg 1

Publication date:
May 1, 2014
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
A colorful fact sheet about the Lake Tanganyika Basin published in the May 2014 edition of National Geographics Kids - PAGE ONERead more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

National Geographic Kids - Lake Tanganyika Pg 2

Publication date:
May 1, 2014
Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic
A colorful fact sheet about the Lake Tanganyika Basin published in the May 2014 edition of National Geographics Kids - PAGE TWORead more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Tanzania

Save Lake Tanganyika: Treat it Like an Ocean

Publication date:
November 30, 2011
Lake 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
Regional/Country focus:
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Tanzania

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