WATER, SANITATION, &

HYGIENE (WASH) AND NTDS

2015 END7 Student Advocacy Day Jordan Teague, MPH

Washington, DC WASH Advocates

Source: EFPIA Source: CBM

What is WASH?

Source: Jay Graham

Source: Jay Graham

Source: UNICEF/Prashanth Vishwanathan Water

Sanitation

Hygiene

WASH-related NTDs

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH)

Roundworm

Whipworm

Hookworm

Trachoma

Schistosomiasis

Lymphatic filariasis (LF)

Guinea worm

WASH-related NTDs

WASH-related NTDs

“Deworming treatments, through drug donations from

Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline, have and will

continue to be essential. But they are only part of the

solution. We must address the core factors that can stop

STH in the first place — access to clean water,

sanitation, hygiene, safe agricultural practices, nutrition,

and education.”

- Children Without Worms

“Disease-free communities that have adequate and

equitable access to water and sanitation, and that

practice good hygiene.” Freeman, et al. (2013). Integration of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for the Prevention and Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A

Rationale for Inter-Sectoral Collaboration. PLOS NTDs, 7(9):e2439.

Cross-Sectoral Engagement

WASH & NTDs Collaborations

www.washntds.org

On-The-Ground: Bangladesh

Save the Children & Ministry of Primary Education

Deworming

Vitamin A supplementation

Safe water

Child-friendly sanitation facilities

Health education activities

Training for community groups Source: Karen Palacio

Ethiopia

ORBIS Ethiopia & WaterAid Ethiopia

Government of Ethiopia

Source: International Trachoma Initiative

Policy: Tanzania

Joint review of national health plan

Joint advocacy

Joint impact monitoring

National NTD Programme

Ministry of Health and

Social Welfare WaterAid

Scale up sanitation services

Develop national

environmental health plan

Staff training

Benefits of Collaboration

Disease reduction

Proof of effectiveness of WASH

Maximize efficiency of both programs

Thank you!

Jordan Teague, MPH

Associate Director for WASH Integration

WASH Advocates

jteague@WASHadvocates.org