2023 was a historic year for the global water security, sanitation, and hygiene sector and a busy year for USAID.
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- Blog2024 was a year of notable milestones and progress for USAID’s global water security, sanitation and hygiene portfolio.
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- ArticleAs global challenges such as population growth increase, the use of data-driven strategies will become increasingly important to help governments, and their partners provide resilient and sustainable WASH services.
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- ArticleOctober 9, 2024, Washington, DC–The USAID Water-Secure World Photo Contest is an annual celebration–and friendly competition–of the Agency’s progress towards improving health, prosperity, stability, and resilience through sustaina
- BriefWater and wastewater utilities have long used benchmarking—comparing performance indicators to targets, historical values, or other organizations—as a performance management tool. The practice has since expanded to fecal sludge management (FSM).
- Technical ReportPit latrines, a common form of on-site sanitation in low-income settings, can collapse in areas with unstable soils, in flood-prone areas, or when they contain excess moisture.
- ArticleBy: Katie Baczewski, Gender Equity & MEL Specialist II, USAID Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene Data & Analytics Activity
- Technical ReportBenchmarking–assessing performance indicators that can be compared to targets, historical values, and other entities–has been widely adopted by large water and wastewater utilities as an approach to fostering performance improvements.