UGANDA’S WASH PROGRAM

Improved Healthy Behaviors in Communities

Through targeted social behavior change communication in catchment communities, basic public health practices will be improved and maintained. These healthy behaviors will be reinforced by improved healthcare provisions, helping to create a healthier community at large.

Model for National Scalability

Through the implementation, sustainable management, and monitoring of this project successful lessons-learned and operational data will be gained for future replication across Uganda with the potential for national scalability to significantly improve WASH in HCFs.

Thanks to EWB-EA’s leadership, in collaboration with others, including EWB-USA and the many chapters and volunteers who make Uganda and the East Africa region a priority, 2023 will be a year of tremendous progress!

Realizing the importance of WASH in healthcare facilities, the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) calls for at least 50% of all healthcare facilities globally to have basic WASH services by 2022, 80% by 2025, and 100% by 2030. According to the recent National Micro Planning Handbook for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities in Uganda, released by the Uganda Ministry of Health in July 2022, 17% of HCFs in Uganda currently have no access to water, 22% have limited access, 60% with basic access, and only 1% with advanced access.

At the same time, access to sanitation in HCFs in Uganda is estimated at 10% without any sanitation facilities, 81% with limited access, 5% with basic and only 4% with advanced. It is estimated that it will require more than $175,000,000 to close the access disparities.

CECorps Partners with Communities to Close the Infrastructure Gap: