Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)

Advocacy in Cotonou’s Neighborhoods Galvanizes the PTA to Take Action

Over the past few months, WASHplus through implementing partner ABMS/PSI has stepped up advocacy for latrine improvement in several public schools. One school, with a student population of 1,500, has four latrine blocks that are unusable because they are full. Even though WASHplus/ABMS and school officials successfully lobbied the Ministry of Education for a $200 line item for pit emptying, the urgency of the situation prompted the PTA to front the money and hire a pit empying service soon thereafter.

WASHplus Presents at 2015 #UNCWaterandHealth Conference

WASHplus staff presented at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference organized by the UNC Water Institute. Here are some of the conference presentations. 

Cognitive Effects of Drinking Water and Improving Hydration Status among Primary Schoolchildren in Eastern Province, Zambia: Report

The objectives for this study were to measure the degree of pupils’ dehydration in this setting, the effect of drinking water on cognitive test performance, and the effect of hydration on cognitive test performance.

The Science of Habit: Creating Disruptive and Sticky Behavior Change in Handwashing Behavior

Handwashing with soap is a highly effective method for reducing the risk of diarrheal disease, yet interventions to alter this behavior often fail or achieve only short-term success. In this paper, we propose that the science of habit can partly explain the challenge of handwashing behavior change. Integrating basic science insights from psychology, cognitive science, and behavior change research, we propose six principles for creating greater initiation and maintenance of handwashing change.

CLTS-Plus: Value-Added Sanitation Programming, A Learning Brief

CLTS-Plus: Value-Added Sanitation Programming, 2015. This Learning Brief describes the different components WASHplus uses when implementing CLTS activities and illustrates how and why they have been applied to CLTS in various country programs.

Integrating Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into HIV Programmes A Training and Resource Pack for Uganda

Integrating Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into HIV Programmes A Training and Resource Pack for Uganda, 2014. USAID WASHplus.

This training package teaches participants to:

Improving WASH Behaviors to Reduce Diarrhea and Improve the Health and Resilience of Children, Families Affected by HIV/AIDS, and Other Vulnerable Populations: WASHplus Uganda End of Project Review

With funding from USAID/Uganda WASHplus worked for almost two years (January 2013–November 2014) to reduce diarrhea and improve the health and resilience of key populations in three districts— Kabale, Kisoro, and Kanungu. This multidisciplinary initiative focused on three objectives:
  • Integrating water, sanitation, food hygiene, and hand washing into nutrition and Feed the Future activities
  • Incorporating water, sanitation, food hygiene, menstrual hygiene, and hand washing into community and clinically based HIV activities

Field Review of USAID's Approaches to WASH in Madagascar: Success Factors and Lessons Learned

Field Review of USAID's Approaches to WASH in Madagascar: Success Factors and Lessons Learned, 2012. USAID WASHplus.

This report presents observations from the review of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) approaches applied by USAID partner projects in Madagascar. In May 2012, an international consultant and a local consultant conducted this review to identify and document factors contributing to and hindering program success and sustainability, as well as key lessons learned.

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