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
Securing water in a water scarce region
Published:
January 30, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OPIC provided financing and political risk insurance to support the construction of a 202-mile water pipeline, built by Disi Water, in Jordan - one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Completed in 2014, Disi Water is providing dependable water to the people of Amman and has capacity to...Read more
Conserving water during irrigation
Published:
August 24, 2012Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Wade Rain is using OPIC political risk insurance to support its operations in Mexico, a country with a dry climate that sources all water from ground wells. Wade Rain's Mexican subsidiary sells irrigation equipment - most of it manufactured in the U.S. - to small farms in central Mexico and...Read more
Support for small business in the Middle East
Published:
October 31, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
A water bottling company in Ramallah received financing through the nonprofit Middle East Investment Initiative, an OPIC partner that supports a small businesses in the Middle East. In the West Bank, where water is commonly stored in rooftop tanks that may become contanminated with microbes, demand...Read more
BREAKING THE TABOO ON MENSTRUATION: CHALLENGES AND IMPACTS IN MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT
Published:
May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article about the challenges of normalizing mensturation. Read more
BIOSAND FILTER VIDEOS IN BURMESE HELP PEOPLE GET SAFE WATER AT HOME
Published:
May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on how biosand filters are helping people obtain clean drinking water in Burma. Read more
TOP 5 WAYS COMPETENCIES CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE WASH SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Published:
May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Top 5 ways that competenvces help prmote WASH sector performance. Read more
THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT OF WASH FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN, AND CHILD HEALTH
Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on the importance of WASH in a maternal context. Read more
ASK A RESEARCHER: CONSIDERING WASH IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Published:
December 1, 2016Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on WASH and Climate change. Read more
DIARRHEAL DISEASE: THE TOP CULPRITS
Published:
December 1, 2016Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on the spread/risk of diarhhea, and its adverse effects,. Read more
PREPARING COMMUNITY WASH PROMOTERS FOR SUCCESS
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September 1, 2016Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Article on the steps that can be taken to help community WASH promoters succeed. Read more
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