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

Management Turnover of a Pump Irrigation System in The Philippines: The Farmer'S Way

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Philippines' National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Philippines has piloted and implemented several approaches to organizing farmers to undertake management responsibilities for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of irrigation systems. in 1983, NIA piloted a new approach...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

Lessons Learned in Water, Sanitation and Health: Thirteen Years of Experience in Developing Countries

Published: 
January 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Twenty lessons learned from the 13 years (1980-1993) of field work in the Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) project are distilled in this report. in regard to TA, WASH teaches that: effective TA focuses on building local institutions by transferring sustainable skills; an active information...Read more

Project Assistance Completion Report: Benin Rural Water Supply

Published: 
August 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a multidonor project, implemented in coordination with UNICEF and the Peace Corps, to improve water supply and sanitation in the Zou department in northern Benin. The report covers the period 8/80-9/92, including a 4-year suspension from 12/81-12/85. The project was a success. Reliable...Read more
Regional focus: 
BeninSub-Saharan Africa

Rethinking Sanitation: Adding Behavioral Change to The Project Mix

Published: 
July 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
All too often, water and sanitation projects focus on new facilities to the neglect of sanitation and hygiene behaviors. This study makes a case for letting the determination of what behavioral sanitation changes may reasonably be introduced within the cultural and religious milieu of the target...Read more

Country Program Strategy, FY 1992-1996: Water and Wastewater

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The importance of potable water and sanitary drainage to the Egyptian economy and quality of life can not be overstated. the Nile is the source of 80 percent of Egyptian drinking water and it is to the Nile that the wastewater effluent eventually drains. Pollutants in this closed system have...Read more
Regional focus: 
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Assessment of Interagency Collaboration in the Benin Rural Water and Sanitation Project and Its Guinea Worm Reduction Component

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The joint-agency Benin Rural Water and Sanitation Project successfully provided the northern Zou Province with 281 positive wells in villages that received training for social mobilization, pump maintenance and intensive health education.Read more
Regional focus: 
BeninSub-Saharan Africa

Institutionalizing Community Management: Processes for Scaling Up

Published: 
May 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
The issue of sustainability of water and sanitation projects has emphasized different areas at different times. Initially, the focus of the sector was strictly technical and focused onengineering. At another point, the emphasis was seen as primarily an institutional question. More recently, the...Read more

Mission Request for Extension Beyond Ten Years of Irrigation Systems Management Project

Published: 
February 1, 1992
U.S. Agency for International Development
Mission requests approval of a no cost extension of the Irrigation Systems Management (ISM) Project Assistance completion date from June 4, 1993 to December 31, 1993. This extension, which would take the project beyond ten years, is required to complete the delivery and installation of five large U...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Grant Agreement between the Republic of Guatemala and the United States of America for the Highlands Water and Sanitation Project

Published: 
August 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
The grant agreement for the Highlands Water and Sanitation project, which consisted of assistance to the Guatemalan government to decrease the incidence of gastrointestinal disease in communities through the provision of potable water systems and latrines supported by a health education program.Read more
Regional focus: 
GuatemalaLatin America and the Caribbean

Rain-fed Resources Development Project: Project Assistance Completion Report

Published: 
January 1, 1991
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR for a project (9/82-9/91) to support community-based land and water management in upland forest, rain fed agricultural areas, and coastal zones in the Philippines. The project was divided into two cycles. Cycle I (1983-86) was mainly institution building for resource monitoring, policy...Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

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