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
East Timor - Complex Emergency: Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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May 16, 2008U.S. Agency for International Development
This fact sheet provides an overview of humanitarian response to the complex emergency in East Timor during the 2008 fiscal year.Read more
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Timor-LesteEast Asia and PacificEcuador - Floods: Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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March 7, 2008U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID response to severe flooding in Ecuador to provide WASH facilities, food security, and meeting the most pressing needs of women and children.Read more
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EcuadorLatin America and the CaribbeanEcuador - Floods: Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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February 29, 2008U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID response to severe flooding in Ecuador to provide WASH facilities, food security, and other items needed by the residents of the 13 effected provinces.Read more
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EcuadorLatin America and the CaribbeanDesigning a Sanitation Program for the Urban Poor: Case Study From Montego Bay, Jamaica
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May 1, 1997U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides a case study of how to design a sanitation program within the unique conditions of a peri-urban settlement. Specifically, the report considers the experience of USAID's Environmental Health Project in designing an initiative to install and maintain appropriate excreta and...Read more
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JamaicaLatin America and the CaribbeanEnergy Management Consultation and Training Project (EMCAT): Demand-Side Management/Project Management -- Municipal Water Pumping: Bangalore (Karnakata) India -- Trip Report
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March 1, 1997U.S. Agency for International Development
The design capacity for the city is currently 705 million liters per day. But the total capacity is not available because of low water levels at the sources, equipment problems, and electrical shortages. Of the 705 million liters per day design capacity, only 486 million liters per day were...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaEnergy Management Consultation and Training Project (EMCAT): Demand-Side Management/Project Management -- Municipal Water Pumping: Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), India -- Trip Report
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March 1, 1997U.S. Agency for International Development
This demonstration project's components include water supply, municipal sewerage treatment, effluent treatment plant, road improvement, land development and telecommunications. In July 1995, USAlD approved twenty-five million dollars in finding support for the water supply and municipal...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaPromoting Community Participation in Municipal Services: Potable Water Project in Matagalpa, Nicaragua
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July 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
In March 1991, the Municipality of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, reached an agreement with the national water authority to allow the municipality to assume administration of the municipal water system. This would be the nation's first experiment with decentralization of a utility service. Under the...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanPRE/CAP: Prefeasibility Studies in East and Southern Africa, Phase I Report
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October 1, 1992U.S. Agency for International Development
In late 1991, the Regional Economic Development Services Office, East and Southern Africa (REDSO/ESA) began an initiative to identify capital projects in the water and sanitation (W&S) sector, among other, and to suggest possible uses for a special appropriation of $650 million under study by...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaStrategies for Linking Water and Sanitation Programs to Child Survival
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September 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Strategies for linking water and sanitation programs to child survival. In June 1989, the AID funded Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) sponsored a workshop to review the experience of eight project which have linked water supply and sanitation and child survival. The recommendations...Read more
Development of an Operations and Maintenance Strategy for Rural Water Supply in Zaire: Phase I Report
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May 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
In February 1989, the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project received a request for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to the Republic of Zaire regarding operations and maintenance in rural water supply (RWS). This report contains the findings of...Read more
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Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan AfricaDon't see what you're looking for? You can search USWP member sites, request a resource, or contact the USWP.