Sanitation/Feces Disposal

Water and HIV: Working for Positive Solutions

  • Source:
  • Organ J. ACF International

  • Summary:
  • This report paints a vivid picture of the water and sanitation needs of individuals and households affected by HIV/AIDS in Zambia. These needs are particularly great in terms of access, quantity of water and design of facilities.

  • Keywords:
  • Accessing Water Evidence Base People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Considerations in Home-Based Care for People Living with HIV

    • Source:
    • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Considerations in Home-Based Care for People Living with HIV.Catholic Relief Services.

    • Summary:
    • This guidance document offers water supply and sanitation facility and hygiene promotion design considerations and recommendations intended to increase access to these facilities by people living with HIV. This guidance document is intended for home-based care practitioners serving people living with this disease as well as water and sanitation engineers and technicians tasked with providing community water supply and household sanitation systems.

  • Keywords:
  • Accessing Water Best Practices and Lessons Learned Home-Based Care People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Water, Sanitation & Hygiene and HIV and AIDS: Opportunities for Integration

    • Source:
    • WaterAid America.

    • Summary:
    • Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is essential for the 33 million people worldwide living with HIV and AIDS. People living with HIV (PLHIV) have rates of diarrheal diseases up to six times higher than in those who are not infected, have greater need for hygiene that those whose immune systems are not compromised, and require good nutrition for antiretroviral therapy (ART) to work best. Partnerships with WASH programs have the potential to yield a range of benefits for PLHIV, improving health and protecting livelihoods.

  • Keywords:
  • Evidence Base Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • HIV and H(2)O: Tracing the Connections Between Gender, Water and HIV

    • Source:
    • West BS, Hirsch JS, El-Sadr W. 2012. AIDS Behav. 2012 Jun 4. Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

    • Summary:
    • The health consequences for HIV-affected families of insufficient access to safe water and sanitation are particularly dire: inadequate access complicates medication adherence and increases vulnerability to opportunistic infections for persons living with HIV. The gendered nature of water collection and HIV care-with women disproportionately bearing the burden in both areas-presents an unrealized opportunity to improve HIV outcomes through investments in water/sanitation. Our findings suggest that the positive synergies of investing in water/sanitation in high HIV prevalence communities that are also expanding access to ART would be significant, with health multiplying effects that impact women and entire communities.

  • Keywords:
  • Accessing Water Evidence Base Gender Issues Journal Articles Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH) and HIV: Current Research and Opportunities

    • Source:
    • Brown, J. 2012. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

    • Summary:
    • This is a PowerPoint presentation covering the links between WASH and HIV, as well as summaries of research activities, opportunities, and LSHTM's current work on the topic.

  • Keywords:
  • Diarrheal Diseases Evidence Base Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Improving the Lives of People Living with HIV through WASH

    • Source:
    • AIDSTAR-One. 2012.

    • Summary:
    • AIDSTAR-One has finalized a new training resource that aims to address problems around water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at health facilities to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. This comprehensive, three-four day curriculum has two goals: to build the capacity of individual health care providers to adopt WASH approaches; and to provide guidance to program planners, and administrators in developing facility-wide WASH approaches. The curriculum provides detailed activities to improve WASH systems in health facilities by ensuring a safe and sufficient supply of water, sanitation, and basic hygiene practices exist at the facility level. In resource-limited countries, many essential practices are lacking in the majority of health care facilities making adequate patient care more difficult, particularly for people living with HIV (PLWH) and others who are more likely to get an infection.

  • Keywords:
  • Accessing Water Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal Training Resources
  • Health Impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Relation to Home-Based Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS in the Limpopo Province

    • Source:
    • Potgieter N, du Preez M. 2012. WRC

    • Summary:
    • A substantial burden of the care of people with HIV and AIDS has been placed on the elderly, school-going children, family members, friends and different care organizations within the community. Among many governments and communities, home-based care is based on volunteers whom are unrecognized, under-valued and frequently unpaid. They are largely women and girls. Home-based care is seen as work that does not require remuneration and therefore it is not currently considered within the scope of policies and legislation. The aim of the Water Research Commission project was to investigate home-based care practices with regards to the experiences of caregivers and to perform a health risk assessment of the water used for domestic purposes in households caring for people living with HIV and AIDS.

  • Keywords:
  • Evidence Base Gender Issues Handwashing (Hand Washing) Home-Based Care Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Considerations for Accelerated PMTCT Programming

    • Source:
    • USAID & WASHplus. 2012.

    • Summary:
    • Many life-threatening opportunistic infections are caused by exposure to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. Diarrhea, a very common symptom that can occur in people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV), affects 90 percent of PLHIV and results in significant morbidity and mortality, especially in HIV-positive children. Studies have shown that children 7-14 months of age show an increase in diarrhea after being exclusively breastfed and this is linked to the introduction of complementary feeding. While previously it was thought that unsafe water was the primary cause, recent evidence is also pointing to unsafe food.

  • Keywords:
  • Diarrheal Diseases Handwashing (Hand Washing) Household Water Treatment & Storage Nutrition People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) PMTCT (Preventing Mother to Child Trans.) Programming Guidance Sanitation/Feces Disposal
  • Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into HIV Programs in Ethiopia – Participant’s Guide

    • Source:
    • USAID, HIP and Government of Ethiopia.

    • Summary:
    • HIV/AIDS organizations working with PLWHA do not routinely integrate WASH into their programs. To address this, HIP engaged interested partners and formed a national community of practice in Addis Ababa to explore feasible, effective actions for improved WASH practices in the home-based care (HBC) context. To support this effort HIP developed this module, which can be integrated into existing training for HBC workers, HIV case managers, and nurses working in counseling and testing, PMTCT and antiretroviral therapy programs.

  • Keywords:
  • Handwashing (Hand Washing) Home-Based Care Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) PMTCT (Preventing Mother to Child Trans.) Sanitation/Feces Disposal Training Resources
  • Trainer’s Guide to Integrating Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene into HIV Programs in Ethiopia

    • Source:
    • USAID, HIP and Government of Ethiopia.

    • Summary:
    • HIV/AIDS organizations working with PLWHA do not routinely integrate WASH into their programs. To address this, HIP engaged interested partners and formed a national community of practice in Addis Ababa to explore feasible, effective actions for improved WASH practices in the home-based care (HBC) context. To support this effort HIP developed this module, which can be integrated into existing training for HBC workers, HIV case managers, and nurses working in counseling and testing, PMTCT and antiretroviral therapy programs.

  • Keywords:
  • Handwashing (Hand Washing) Home-Based Care Household Water Treatment & Storage People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) PMTCT (Preventing Mother to Child Trans.) Sanitation/Feces Disposal Training Resources