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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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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.
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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.
Keywords:
agricultural productivity agricultural water management agriculture drip irrigation food security irrigation infrastructure

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