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
Village Technology Handbook: Section 1, Part 4: Water Purification
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
Section 1 Part 4 of the Village Technology Handbook outlines the purification of unsafe water sources. Every effort must be made to obtain a source that provides a naturally wholesome water and then to collect that water and protect it against pollution. Water treatment under rural conditions...Read more
Village Technology Handbook: Developing Water Resources
Published:
January 1, 1970U.S. Agency for International Development
The Village Technology Handbook is aimed at helping villagers to master the resources available to them: to improve their own lives and to bring their villages more fully into the lives of the nations of which they form a basic and important part. Technical information is a basic factor in the...Read more
Integrating Sanitation Into Services for People Living with HIV and AIDS
Published:
July 1, 2012U.S. Agency for International Development
The new PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) strategy calls for a comprehensive, multisectoral approach that expands access to prevention, care, and treatment in ways that promote sustainable country programs. This resources provides an outline of quick, easy ways to integrate...Read more
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Considerations for Accelerated PMTCT Programming
U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource provides the reader with background on the reasons why water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is important to Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programs, as well as key programmatic considerations for improving the quality and effectiveness of PMTCT interventions. Read more
Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into Nutrition Programming
Published:
May 1, 2013U.S. Agency for International Development
This resource provides the reader with guidance on how to integrate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) components into nutrition programs. Provided in this document are guidance on key WASH practices, such as optimal handwashing, treatment and safe storage of household drinking water, sanitation...Read more
Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Mini Toolbox for Teachers and Schools in Zambia
U.S. Agency for International Development
This toolkit was designed to help teachers, School Health and Nutrition (SHN) coordinators, and other school personnel in Zambian primary schools who are carrying out menstrual hygiene management (MHM) programs or activities in their schools. It contains a set of basic documents, such as a...Read more
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