Modalities
Actions could include:
- Safe transportation and storage of water.
- Water treatment at household level.
- Provision of improved water systems with wells or boreholes equipped with hand pumps, or connection to a supply system at community level.
- Installation or rehabilitation of improved water points/ sources to ensure protection from outside contamination and from faecal matter in particular.
- Distribution of containers for (children’s) drinking water (Jerry Cans, feeding bottles, etc.) and 2 cups with handles (for hanging), 1 each for dipping and drinking.
- Transformative WASH programming is an approach to achieving comprehensive and safe WASH services and behaviours that adequately reduce exposure to harmful pathogens and provide safe environments that support good health, nutrition and well–being.
Conditions and considerations
- Definitions for basic and safely managed drinking water are defined as:
- Safely managed drinking water from an improved water source that is located on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.
- Basic drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip, including queuing.
- Collaboration between nutrition, health and WASH staff to design and deliver WASH programming through a multisectoral systems approach.
- Even if there is a safe community water point, HH water treatment may be needed due to contamination risks during transport and storage.
- Provision/rehabilitation of water systems should be combined with water safety plans to ensure ongoing safe water solutions.