Despite abundant water resources, Sierra Leone faces an economic water scarcity due to limited infrastructure. This report provides evidence of the current state of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...
The development objective of Scaling-up Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project for Lao People’s Democratic Republic aims to provide access to improved water supply, sanitation and hygiene services...
The development objective of Scaling-up Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project for Lao People’s Democratic Republic aims to provide access to improved water supply, sanitation and hygiene services...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, health care facilities face critical challenges in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services; health care waste management; and environmental cleanliness. With coverage below...
In Recife, Brazil, the water and sanitation utility company is responsible for constructing the public sewerage network. However, connecting a house to the available network in the street is each household’s...
Until recently, Nairobi’s informal settlement residents did not have access to household-level piped water and sanitation services. That began to change when, with World Bank support, the Nairobi Water...
Ratings for the Swachh Bharat Mission Support Operation Project for India were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality was substantial...
The severity of COVID-19 disease varies substantially between individuals, with some infections being asymptomatic while others are fatal. Several risk factors have been identified that affect the progression...
The United Nations’ sustainable development goals include eliminating open defecation by 2030, However, about 673 million people continue to practice it. Data from the 2000-2017 period suggests that less...
The United Nations’ sustainable development goals include eliminating open defecation by 2030, However, about 673 million people continue to practice it. Data from the 2000-2017 period suggests that less...
In the Philippines, 31% of rural communities still practice open defecation. This brief discusses how the World Bank is working with the government on a campaign to use hygienic toilets. Since the campaign...
The Vietnam Handwashing Initiative (HWI) began in January 2006 with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality from diarrheal diseases in children less than five years of age. In December 2006, Vietnam...
In the 1990s, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam formulated a new policy, strategy, and program to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and national targets to improve rural water supply and sanitation...
This report introduces to cleaning and disinfection, and the importance to distinguish between cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization.
Hygiene is an imperative for development and maintenance of a system including measures and controls to ensure food safety. This report focuses on documentation of hygiene measures.