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Check Out USAID at World Water Week 2018

Thursday, August 16, 2018
World Water Week starts in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 26. The annual gathering organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has become a focal point for...
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agricultural water management gender health sanitation water quality water security water supply sector World Water Week

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Water Reuse Gets a New Take in South Africa

Friday, August 10, 2018
Water reuse can be an effective way to supplement the water needs of growing cities. Even in the midst of record breaking droughts, this alternative can have meaningful...
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water quality water recycling water security water supply sector

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How Can We Sustainably Increase Access to Water Services in Rural Areas in Ethiopia?

Thursday, July 26, 2018
Lessons learned from the Millennium Water Alliance’s Ethiopia Program What happens after USAID-funded WASH projects end? Are communities able to sustain gains in water and...
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ex-post evaluation rural water supply WASH infrastructure Water Point Monitoring

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Study Explores the Complexities of the Sanitation Marketplace

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
If you thought that sanitation marketing required only the connecting of customers, products, and financing to succeed, then you may wonder why it has proven so challenging...
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health market-based sanitation sanitation marketing sanitation service delivery

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Hope is Not a Strategy

Thursday, July 19, 2018
“Water variability has always existed,” said USAID Climate Change Adaptation Specialist Jonathan Cook, opening the fourth and final “Sustainable Water, Resilient Communities...
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climate resilience water security water variability

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Learning Event Explores PREPARED’s Efforts to Increase Resiliency In East Africa

Tuesday, July 10, 2018
This September, the five-and-a-half year Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) will come to an end.
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biodiversity climate adaptation transboundary water security

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Global Waters Radio Podcasts - Now Available on iTunes and Google Play and More

Monday, June 4, 2018
Global Waters Radio is a podcast series that takes listeners around the world to hear how USAID-supported water and sanitation improvements are creating healthier communities...
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behavior change communication channels gender health hygiene water security water supply sector

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Menstrual Hygiene Day 2018: How USAID Is Working Toward Female Empowerment Through Sanitation and Hygiene Activities

Thursday, May 24, 2018
This year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day celebration is all about women’s empowerment. In many countries, women and girls’ participation in education and public life is severely...
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gender menstrual health hygiene Menstrual Hygiene Day women and girls

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Learning from Market-Based Sanitation at Scale

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Working through the private sector is one of the most promising approaches to solve the global sanitation crisis. Yet globally, few market-based sanitation programs have...
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sanitation sanitation marketing webinar

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How USAID is Addressing the Global Water and Sanitation Challenge: Annual Water and Development Report

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Water makes headlines in times of crisis—think Cape Town Day Zero, Hurricane Maria, or the cholera epidemic in Yemen. But for the 2.1 billion people worldwide who live...
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annual report Global Water Strategy

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Webinar Addresses Underemphasized Health Risks Children Face in Their Home Environments

Friday, April 20, 2018
For decades, implementers have applied water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and nutrition-based interventions—alone and in a variety of combinations—to address diarrheal...
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behavior change food hygiene maternal and child health nutrition WASH webinar

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From a Trickle to a Stream: Unleashing the Power of Women’s Voices for Tanzania’s Water Sector

Thursday, April 12, 2018
For Tanzanian women, water has the tremendous potential to transform lives. Women in Tanzania have a keen interest in water’s thoughtful management for their homes and farms...
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capacity building gender governance water resources management women and girls

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Working Together to Shape the Future Direction of Water Programming

Thursday, April 5, 2018
In November 2017, the U.S. Government (USG) released the first-ever whole of government Global Water Strategy, the culmination of 17 government agencies working together to...
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Global Water Strategy

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Safeguarding Sustainability: At the Launch of a Groundbreaking New Effort in the Mara River Basin, Cooperation is Key

Tuesday, April 3, 2018
In the Maasai language, “Mara” means “spotted,” and as you look out over the plains of the Mara River Basin, you can see how the region got its name. The savanna is dotted...
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ecosystem transboundary river basin management water resources management

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Ethiopian Summit Focuses on Participatory Co-Design to Develop Low-Cost WASH Products

Friday, February 23, 2018
It’s the end of the second week of the USAID Transform Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sanitation Co-Design Summit in Hawassa, Ethiopia, where health extension workers,...
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innovation

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