Household Water Treatment & Storage

Programming Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activities in U.S. Government Country Operational Plans (COPs): A Toolkit for FY2010 Planning

  • Source:
  • HIP. 2010. USAID

  • Summary:
  • The toolkit was developed to provide people working in the HIV/AIDS field—especially USG PEPFAR Coordinators and USAID HIV field staff —with a set of flexible materials to raise their own understanding and help them facilitate better programming for WASH in PEPFAR Country Operational Plans. The aim is to help people at all levels to more effectively prevent diarrheal disease and other unnecessary illnesses, using simple, effective, low-input strategies that may have not been addressed by PEPFAR programs in the past. The emphasis of this programming guidance is to “mainstream” water, sanitation and hygiene interventions—to make them a regular part of all behavior change and education activities in HIV/AIDS programs.

  • Keywords:
  • Best Practices and Lessons Learned Diarrheal Diseases Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage PEPFAR Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal Training Resources

    • Case-Control Study to Determine Risk Factors for Diarrhea Among Children During a Large Outbreak in a Country with a High Prevalence of HIV Infection

    • Source:
    • Arvelo A et al. 2010. Int J Infect Dis November 2010. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    • Summary:
    • Between January and March 2006, over 35,000 diarrhea cases and 532 deaths were reported among children under the age of five in Botswana. During this diarrhea outbreak, in a country with a national program to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, ill children were less likely to be breastfed and more likely to have been exposed to environmental factors associated with fecal contamination. These findings underscore the importance of adequate access to safe water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition education among populations using breast milk substitutes.

  • Keywords:
  • Breast Feeding/Infant Feeding Diarrheal Diseases Evidence Base Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage Journal Articles PMTCT (Preventing Mother to Child Trans.) Sanitation/Feces Disposal

    • Women’s Morbidity and Mortality in the First 2 Years After Delivery According to HIV Status

    • Source:
    • Coutsoudis A et al. 2010. AIDS November 2010. A. Coutsoudis, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

    • Summary:
    • HIV-infected women experienced more morbidity and mortality than HIV-uninfected women; this was predicted by maternal immune status and socio-economic factors. HIV-infected women even in the high CD4 strata had higher mortality than HIV-uninfected women from the same population. This study underlines the importance of interventions to improve maternal health, for example, timely antiretroviral treatment, tuberculosis screening, and improved water and sanitation.

  • Keywords:
  • Evidence Base Household Water Treatment & Storage Journal Articles Maternal and Child Health Sanitation/Feces Disposal

    • How to Integrate Water, Sanitation and Hygiene into HIV Programmes

    • Source:
    • Bery R, Rosenbaum J. 2010. USAID. WHO.

    • Summary:
    • This document is the first comprehensive guide to integrating WASH practices into HIV care. It was written in response to requests from countries and programs for clear instruction on how to develop care programs at the national level. It contains guidance on implementing priority WASH practices, including WASH in global and national HIV/AIDS policy and guidance, and integrating WASH-HIV programs.

  • Keywords:
  • Best Practices and Lessons Learned Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage Policy Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal

    • Apparent Impact of Enteric Pathogens in Drinking Water and Implications for the Relentless Saga of HIV/ AIDS in South Africa

    • Source:
    • Momba MNB, Madoroba E, Obi CL. 2010. Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

    • Summary:
    • Worldwide there is a strong association between diarrhoeal diseases and contaminated water. South Africa is no exception. The majority of households in developing countries, the epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, obtain their water from polluted and contaminated sources. Diarrhoeic pathogens have been more frequently isolated from stool samples of HIV/AIDS patients, and from their respective household drinking water, than from HIV-negative control groups. For these reasons, there are links between the quality of water, diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS, despite the fact that these aspects, at first glance, do not seem connected.

  • Keywords:
  • Diarrheal Diseases Evidence Base Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)

    • Webinar on “Meeting the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS and their Families,” April 8, 2010

    • Source:
    • Bery, R & Seumo, E. 2010. USAID & HIP.

    • Summary:
    • Recording of HIP's webinar on "Meeting the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS and their Families," held April 8, 2010. Presented by Renuka Bery, senior project manager and Eleonore Suemo, senior program officer. Julia Rosenbaum, deputy director of HIP and Elizabeth Younger, senior behavior change advisor, joined during the question and answer session.

  • Keywords:
  • Evidence Base Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal

    • Home-Based Care for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in People Infected with HIV/AIDS

    • Source:
    • Young T, Busgeeth K. 2010. The Cochrane Library, 2010, Issue 1. South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa

    • Summary:
    • Intensive home-based nursing significantly improved self-reported knowledge of HIV and medications, self-reported adherence and differences in the refill of pharmacy drugs. Home-based safe water systems reduced diarrhea frequency and severity among persons with HIV in Africa.

  • Keywords:
  • Diarrheal Diseases Evidence Base Home-Based Care Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)

    • Improving the Lives of People Living with HIV through WASH: Water Sanitation and Hygiene (v. 2010)

    • Source:
    • AIDSTAR-One. 2010

    • Summary:
    • This training guide provides an easy to follow training template suitable for a 3 to 4 day training targeting health workers and supervisors at health clinics. The Participant Technical Resource Guide provides practical and evidence-based information for WASH implementation in all types of health facilities in resource-limited countries, focusing on increasing the health of people living with HIV.

  • Keywords:
  • Evidence Base Handwashing (Hand Washing) Healthcare Facilities Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal Training Resources

    • Trials of Improved Practice: Determining Feasible Water and Feces Management Small Doable Actions for HIV Programs in Ethiopia. February 2009.

    • Source:
    • USAID & HIP. 2009.

    • Summary:
    • Summarizes trials of improved practices (TIPs) research conducted in Ethiopia to develop simple, feasible actions for use by home-based care workers for diarrhea and water management in households affected by HIV/AIDS.

  • Keywords:
  • Diarrheal Diseases Formative Research Home-Based Care Household Water Treatment & Storage Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal Small Doable Actions

    • Waterborne Pathogen Infection Rates for People Living With HIV/AIDS

    • Source:
    • Mahin T, Peletz R. 2009. Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST).

    • Summary:
    • CAWST has prepared summaries on HIV/AIDS statistics for Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions.

  • Keywords:
  • Accessing Water Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)

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