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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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Webinar on February 21: Using Network Analysis to Understand and Strengthen WASH Systems

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
This event has passed. You can view the full webinar recording here. Please join the Sustainable WASH Systems (SWS) Learning Partnership for a webinar that provides an...
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sanitation service delivery sustainability systems thinking water systems management webinar

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South Africa: A New Model for Transformational USAID/Water Office Support?

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
This blog originally appeared on the UrbanLinks website.
Keywords:
finance governance infrastructure construction private sector participation public-private partnerships sustainability urban

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Strategy to Help Achieve Access for All

Friday, February 9, 2018
According to the 2015 WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme 435 million Africans lacked basic drinking water service, and 736 million Africans lacked basic sanitation service...
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finance governance governance and management institutional strengthening and capacity building private sector participation transboundary

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How Network Analysis Can Forge a Stronger Sanitation Sector

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Challenges to improving rural sanitation in Cambodia remain immense. New efforts and approaches are needed to achieve the country’s long-term vision for improvements in the...
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capacity building collaboration governance hygiene sanitation service delivery systems thinking

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Announcing the #WaterSecureWorld Photo Contest – Deadline Extended

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Deadline extended to March 30 “Our vision is a water secure world, where people have sustainable supplies of water of sufficient quantity and quality to meet human, economic...
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photo contest

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SWFF Grand Challenge Impact and Lessons Learned

Thursday, January 11, 2018
Currently, more than 1.5 billion people live with water shortages for at least part of the year. Those water shortages often threaten their farms, livelihoods, and families.
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agricultural productivity agricultural water management agriculture drip irrigation food security irrigation infrastructure

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Water Security and the U.S. Global Water Strategy

Thursday, January 4, 2018
This blog originally appeared in the Sustainable Water Partnership newsletter and is also available on SWP’s website.
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water security Global Water Strategy

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WASHPaLS’ Webinar Presents Key Findings from CLTS Research

Wednesday, December 20, 2017
In what has been termed a revolution of sorts, community-led total sanitation (CLTS) introduced a new approach to eliminating open defecation when it was pioneered by Kamal...
Keywords:
behavior change community-led total sanitation access to improved sanitation

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Webinar: Examining the Role of CLTS in Ending Open Defecation

Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Registration for this event is now closed. The recording of the webinar is now available here.
Keywords:
behavior change community-led total sanitation improved sanitation open defecation

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Taking a Closer Look at Indonesia’s Environmental Services Program

Friday, December 8, 2017
What happens after USAID-funded WASH projects have closed? Are end-of-project outcomes sustained after one, two, or even seven years? USAID is supporting a series of...
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governance and management service provision utility WASH infrastructure Access to Water

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