WASH and Nutrition Integration

The Power of Integration to Multiply Development Impact, A Learning Brief

Under the WASHplus project integration was a strategic approach to attain desired health and development outcomes and combined WASH with nutrition, education, HIV, and neglected tropical diseases programs. The brief features accompanying slide decks focusing on sector-specific integration programming.

Partnerships: A Key Strategy to Increase Impact and Results, A Learning Brief

Partnerships: A Key Strategy to Increase Impact and Results, Learning Brief, 2016. WASHplus supports USAID’s commitment to strategic and creative partnering in WASH and clean cooking to improve sector cooperation, harmonization, collaboration, and effectiveness. This brief reflects on WASHplus’s varied experiences creating and maintaining partnerships and consolidates our lessons learned.

WASHplus Country Snapshots and Results (2016)

WASHplus Country Snapshots and Results, 2016. This document provides a summary of country interventions and a snapshot of results as of 2015. Each WASHplus intervention is tailored to address the unique needs of a given country—whether it be improving school WASH, enhancing household sanitation options, or marketing improved cookstoves.

Allaiter Enquête de référence au Mali

Ce rapport présente les résultats d'une étude de référence menée dans trois districts de la région de Mopti au Mali: Mopti, Bandiagara et Bankass. Le sondage a été utilisé pour évaluer la prévalence de l'allaitement exclusif des enfants de moins de 6 mois et la supplémentation alimentaire chez les enfants de 6 à 24 mois.

Breastfeeding Baseline Survey in Mali

This report presents the findings of a baseline survey conducted in three districts in the Mopti Region in Mali: Mopti, Bandiagara, and Bankass. The survey was used to assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding of children under 6 months and dietary supplementation in children 6 to 24 months.

WASHplus Year Five Annual Report, October 2015

At the end of its fifth year, WASHplus has stories to tell, results to share, events to celebrate, and studies that add to the evidence base. WASHplus activities serve as the backdrop for many stories: the Zambian school girl who has access to privacy and menstrual supplies when she needs them, the Malian household that can now build an improved latrine on their rocky soil, the mother in Bangladesh who understands the importance of a feces-free environment, the Nepali home breathing cleaner air as it trials an improved cookstove.

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. 

Improving nutrition outcomes with better water, sanitation and hygiene: practical solutions for policies and programmes

This publication, jointly prepared by WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), summarizes the current evidence on the benefits of WASH for improving nutrition outcomes and describes how WASH interventions can be integrated into nutrition programmes. It provides practical suggestions, targeted at nutrition programme managers and implementers, on both “what” WASH interventions should be included in nutrition programmes and “how” to include them.

Handwashing and Global Food Hygiene: A World Health Day Webinar

Food hygiene is a particularly relevant topic for those of us working in handwashing. The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW) hosted this webinar to celebrate the 2015 World Health Day theme: food safety.

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