WASH and HIV/AIDS

Organizations

PublicHealth.org - PublicHealth.org is dedicated to connecting patients, students and professionals to the latest and most useful healthcare information and resources available.

AIDSTAR-One - Provides rapid technical assistance to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Government (USG) country teams to build effective, well-managed, and sustainable HIV and AIDS programs and to promote new leadership in the global campaign against HIV.

Catholic Relief Services - CRS is helping country programs to modify their existing water, sanitation and hygiene activities to meet the specific needs of people living with HIV.

USAID Environmental Health -  The website provides links to USAID reports on WASH and HIV/AIDS. 

USAID Hygiene Improvement Project (HIP) -  A collection of resources from HIP and others to support the integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in HIV/AIDS programming.

USAID - Programming WASH Activities in US Government Country Operational Plans - WASH guidelines for PEPFAR programs.

World Health Organization -  A link to the WHO and USAID report: "How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes."

Selected Publications

Integrating Sanitation into Services for People Living with HIV/AIDS, 2012. C-Change; WASHplus. Download (pdf)

WASHplus WASH and HIV Integration Advisor Renu Bery blogs about Why WASH Matters to People Living with HIV. Read more.

Strengthening Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategies in Country Operational Plan (COP): Technical Considerations for Country Teams, 2012. WASHplus. Download (pdf, 362KB)

Integrating Sanitation and Handwashing into PEPFAR Programming, 2012. WASHplus. Download (Powerpoint, ppt presentation, 1.6MB)

Selected Resources

WASHplus - WASH & HIV/AIDS Bookshelf. Link.

WASHplus - WASH & HIV/AIDS Toolkit. Link.