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WEST BANK ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
An environmental health assessment of the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) Village and Water Sanitation (VWS) Program in the West Bank has been completed. The
Environmental Health Project (EHP), in collaboration with Save the Children, carried out the assessment in January and February 2002, under very difficult conditions. The purpose of the VWS Program is to
provide safe and sustainable water and sanitation services to an estimated 140,000 people living in 46 underserved communities in
the West Bank�in areas west of Hebron and south of Nablus.
The assessment focused on access to and types of water supply and
sanitation facilities, willingness and ability to pay for new infrastructure, knowledge and practices affecting household and
community water and sanitation management, prevalence of waterborne and sanitation-related disease among children under five
years old, and quality of domestic drinking water.
The findings have been presented at a USAID debriefing. The
assessment is the first in a series of operational research activities
intended to provide information for the design phase of the VWS Program for improvements in infrastructure and household hygiene
practices.
For more information, please
contact [email protected].
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NEW BROCHURE!
EHP has updated its brochure.
Download
the 319K PDF file. For more information or a hard copy of the brochure,
contact [email protected].
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NEW EHP PUBLICATIONS!
1. Activity Report on Hygiene Behavior Change in Peru
Activity Report 107, Developing a Hygiene Behavior Change
Program for Children with Lead Poisoning Living in Informal Urban Areas of Lima,
Peru, is now available from
EHP.
The report documents a behavior change project to reduce lead exposure among children as part of USAID/Peru's Urban
Environmental Health and Hygiene Behavior activity. The project is part of the follow-up on recommendations from a study of blood lead
levels of postpartum women and children in poor areas of Lima and Callao, which had shown high
blood lead levels in those living close
to a shipping port and storage area for mineral concentrates in Callao. The report describes steps involved in the behavior change
technical assistance provided by EHP to the Environmental Health General Directorate (DIGESA) of Peru's Ministry of Health, as well as
the lessons learned.
Download
the 945K PDF file. For more information or a hard copy of the report,
contact [email protected].
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2. Activity Report on Malaria Vector Control
Activity Report 108, A Review of Control Methods for African Malaria
Vectors, is also now available from EHP.
This report reviews published information on selected control
methods for anopheline mosquitoes and provides a relatively brief introduction to options for malaria vector control. It describes most of
the physical, chemical, and biological methods that have been used in malaria vector control programs and summarizes information on
factors that influence the efficacy of each method. Because of EHP's programmatic focus on community-based actions to prevent disease
transmission, the review pays greatest attention to environmental management and other vector control methods that may be
implemented by community-based organizations.
Download
the 628K PDF file. For more information or a hard copy of the report,
contact [email protected]
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3. EHP Brief on EHP's West Bank Program
EHP Brief 5,
Programming, Participation, and Partnerships under
Duress: The West Bank Village Water and Sanitation Program, is now available from
EHP.
This is a
two-page EHP Brief that describes a two-year,
USAID-funded program in the West Bank implemented by EHP in close partnership
with the Palestinian Water Authority and other concerned national agencies. The purpose of the program is to provide safe and
sustainable water and sanitation services for up to 140,000 people living in 46 communities in areas west of Hebron and south of
Nablus.
Download
the 531K PDF file. For more information or a copy of EHP Brief 5 or other EHP Briefs,
contact [email protected].
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4. Joint
Publications
Advocacy Pamphlet and CD-ROM on
Handwashing
Two companion pieces to
The Story of a Successful Public-Private
Partnership in Central America: Handwashing for Diarrheal Disease Prevention are now available, published by the Basic Support for
Child Survival Project (BASICS II), EHP, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF),
USAID, and the World Bank.
Advocacy Pamphlet: Public-Private Partnerships: Mobilizing
Resources to Achieve Public Health Goals: The Central American Handwashing Initiative Points the
Way. This is a 16-page pamphlet that outlines the key elements of
public-private partnerships, as illustrated by the Central American Handwashing Initiative, including critical factors for
replication.
Download English
(1.7M), Spanish
(8.8M), or French
(1.7M) PDF file. For more information or a hard
copy of the pamphlet, contact [email protected].
CD-ROM:
Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health: Promoting
Handwashing in Central America: A Compendium of Resources. This is a mini-CD-ROM containing a variety of materials in English and
Spanish to be used in conducting similar handwashing initiatives. Its contents are as follows:
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The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership in Central
America: Handwashing for Diarrheal Disease Prevention (in English)
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Public-Private Partnerships: Mobilizing Resources to Achieve Public Health Goals: The Central American Handwashing Initiative Points
the Way (in English, Spanish, and French)
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Generis Latina Final Report: Evaluaci�n de Impacto del Campa�a
"Lavo Mis Manos por Salud" (in Spanish)
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Market Survey (in Spanish)
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Radio Jingle (in Spanish)
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Television Spot (in Spanish)
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Promotional and Public Relations Pamphlets: Lavo Mis Manos por
Salud (in Spanish)
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1, 2, 3 Generic Campaign, Protex, Unisola, "Manolo," and Public
Sector Posters (in Spanish)
For more information or a copy of the CD-ROM,
contact
[email protected].
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Previous
Issues
The main topics or countries
discussed are given in parentheses.
March
2002 (E-Conference
on Hygiene Improvement Framework, Latin America and the Caribbean, Larva
Control, Nicaragua, Africa Malaria Day)
January
2002 (New
EHP Director; Benin; Monitoring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Activities;
Malaria and Vector Control)
November
2001 (EHP Handwashing Publication, West Bank, Asia
and the Near East, PAHO�EHP Partnership)
October
2001 (Benin, Sustainable Sanitation in Small
Towns, DR Congo, Peru Behavior Change)
August 2001 (India, Eritrea, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, BBIN Network, information exchange network)
June 2001 (Mozambique, Madagascar, Nepal, Dominican
Republic, indoor air pollution consultation, Nairobi SIMA Conference)
May 2001
(Central America handwashing initiative, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Eritrea, Nepal, Bolivia)
March
2001 (Nicaragua, Madagascar, Africa, DDT cost comparison)
January
2001 (EHP
Activities, E-Newsletter, National Malaria Control Programs in 4 African
Countries, Congo, Decentralization in Latin America, Peru, WSSCC Forum,
Global WS&S Assessment from WHO/UNICEF)
November
2000 (Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, Madagascar, SANICONN)
September
2000 (Nepal/Regional,
EHP and E-conferences)
July
2000 (Nicaragua, Malaria
Vaccine Development, "Water for the World")
May�June
2000 (Nicaragua, International
Consultation on Indoor Air Pollution)
April 2000
(Nicaragua,
Madagascar, Mozambique)
March 2000 (Benin, South Africa,
Eritrea, Madagascar)
February 2000 (Nicaragua, Paraguay,
Ukraine, Mozambique and Eritrea)
January
2000 (Nicaragua, EHP Lessons Learned)
Previous
Issues by Country
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