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EHP is pleased to announce its newest
publication, The Story of a Successful Public-Private Partnership in
Central America: Handwashing for Diarrheal Disease Prevention.
Published jointly by EHP, the BASICS II
Project, the UN Children�s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank,
the document describes an EHP-BASICS initiative that brought together
soap companies, government ministries, international donor
organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the media in three
Central American countries to promote handwashing with soap to prevent
diarrheal disease.
The experience documented in this publication
illustrates that public-private partnerships can achieve positive
public health results. The results of the initiative include
improvements in handwashing behavior associated with reductions in
diarrheal disease, leveraging of significant additional resources for
public health, and sustained involvement of private-sector partners in
public health promotion. The publication also describes essential
elements required in forming public-private partnerships, discusses
lessons learned from the experience in Central America, and outlines
key steps for replication. It aims to provide enough information to
help readers decide whether the EHP-BASICS approach might enhance
their programs.
To view the publication
online, please go to the EHP World Wide Web site Publications page: http://www.ehproject.org/live/Rptspub.html.
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In a large part of the rural West Bank, per
capita freshwater use is inadequate to maintain basic standards of
health and hygiene. Limited access to clean water is compounded by
inadequate sanitation facilities, which pollute the environment.
USAID�s Village Water and Sanitation (VWS)
Program aims to provide safe water and improved sanitation to 140,000
people in 44 villages in three areas of the West Bank near Nablus and
West Hebron. To maximize impact, the program will supplement these
improvements in infrastructure with activities in hygiene promotion
and education for diarrheal disease prevention and community
participation.
Under the VWS Program, EHP will develop and
implement feasibility studies, design and implement programs for
improved community education and governance, and work with communities
and municipalities to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene
practices.
EHP will undertake these activities in
collaboration with the Palestinian Water Authority, Save the Children,
and American Near East Refugee Aid. International partners include the
World Bank and the European Investment Bank which fund supporting
infrastructure and management programs.
For information on the
activity, please contact Craig Hafner (mailto:[email protected])
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An estimated 600 million people currently live in
urban areas of the developing world�many under life- and health-threatening conditions in makeshift or informal communities. The
USAID/Asia and the Near East (ANE) Regional Bureau recently tasked EHP
with a three-phase activity: (1) documentation of existing urban
health information specific to the ANE region; (2) in-depth analysis
of urban child health conditions in three urban areas in the region�Ahmedabad
in India, Manila in the Philippines, and Cairo in Egypt; and (3)
identification of strategies and priority next steps for addressing
urban health issues in the region.
Currently, EHP is working on Phase
I�documenting existing information on urban health in the ANE
region.
For information on the
activity, please contact Eddy Perez (mailto:[email protected])
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EHP is collaborating with the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) to develop materials and community-based methods
related to diarrheal disease prevention. The materials and the methods
for their use will serve as guidelines for field workers to implement
behavior change relating to handwashing and safe excreta disposal. They
will consist of generic instructional materials, which can be used
throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and a methodology guide that
describes the use and adaptation of the generic materials for specific
local conditions.
Over the next two years, these products will be
developed and will be field-tested in Peru and Nicaragua and will be
integrated into materials for Community Integrated Management of
Childhood Illness (C-IMCI) that PAHO is using under its IMCI Strategy.
For information on the activity, please contact:
Chris McGahey (mailto:[email protected]).
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The main topics or countries
discussed are given in parentheses.
October
2001 (Asia and the
Near East, EHP handwashing publication, integrated management of childhood
illness, West Bank)
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 at EHP (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 at EHP (Nicaragua,
Dominican Republic, Madagascar, SANICONN)
September
2000 at EHP (Nepal/Regional,
EHP and E-conferences)
July
2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, Malaria
Vaccine Development, "Water for the World")
May/June
2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, International
Consultation on Indoor Air Pollution)
April 2000 at EHP (Nicaragua,
Madagascar, Mozambique)
March 2000 at EHP
(Benin, South Africa,
Eritrea, Madagascar)
February 2000 at EHP
(Nicaragua, Paraguay,
Ukraine, Mozambique and Eritrea)
January
2000 at EHP (Nicaragua,
EHP Lessons Learned)
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