WASH & HIV/AIDS Integration - Resources for Planning, Programming and Assessing

At the 2014 Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Day celebrations in Zambia, YASH Pharmaceuticals partnered with USAID/Zambia’s SPLASH (Schools Promoting Learning Achievement through Sanitation and Hygiene) project to provide 125 MHM kits for girls at Kabulonga Girl’s Secondary School in Lusaka. The popularity of the reusable pad-making demonstration at the event spurred YASH to undertake its own production of reusable pads.

A poster about MHM in Zambia.

4 million people die prematurely every year due to smoke exposure from traditional cooking fires.This is more than the deaths from malaria, tuberculosis,and HIV/AIDS combined. The use of clean, reliable, affordable, efficient, and safe home cooking practices reduces exposure to household air pollution.

A poster presentation by Dr. Justin Lupele and Sarah Fry from the USAID Zambia SPLASH Project, at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, March 2015.

This report presents findings of the baseline study of the five-year USAID/Zambia-funded Schools Promoting Learning Achievement through Sanitation and Hygiene (SPLASH) project. The project’s overall objective is to sustainably improve equitable access to education through provision of safe water, adequate sanitation, hygiene information, and health practices to improve learning environments and educational performance in basic schools. The project operates in four districts of the Eastern Province: Chipata, Lundazi, Chadiza, and Mambwe.