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        <description>Population and Health InfoShare : Newest 15 Documents by Environmental Health Project (EHP). Sharing Knowledge to Improve Public Health Worldwide</description>
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            <title>Activity Report 141. Implementing Participatory Community Monitoring for Water, Sanitation, and ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This report summarizes the NicaSalud report, &#8220;Experiencias en la implementación de la Metodología de Monitoreo Comunitario Participativo para Agua, Higiene y Saneamiento,&#8221; (in Spanish) on the participatory community monitoring methodology and its application by three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Nicaragua. The original report, as prepared by members of the NicaSalud Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Working Group &#8211; ANASAM, PCI, and IMPRHU &#8211; documents the Participatory Community Monitoring (PCM) Initiative project that NicaSalud developed with funding and technical assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Environmental Health Project (EHP). This summary report highlights the benefits of PCM, the phases and steps involved in implementing PCM and discusses the institutionalization of the PCM methodology. The intended audience is program planners and managers who would like to include PCM in their water, sanitation, and hygiene programs.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:32:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Strategic Report 10. Advancing Hygiene Improvement for Diarrhea Prevention: Lessons Learned</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Over five years of implementation from 1999&#8211;2004, EHP supported diverse activities to improve hygiene outcomes in more than 19 countries. In each setting, EHP&#8217;s work included diverse mixes of: hygiene promotion; &#8220;hardware&#8221; such as community water supply; and other &#8220;software&#8221; such as policy support and capacity building. From these activities, EHP has identified fourteen lessons learned in hygiene improvement. Hygiene Improvement is defined as a comprehensive approach to prevent childhood diarrhea through a focus on improving key hygiene behaviors, especially ensuring safe household drinking water, proper hand hygiene, and effective use of sanitation. The lessons presented in this report are to assist all those involved in health-focused water supply and sanitation program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

The lessons learned have been organized under four categories: programmatic context; designing and implementing hygiene promotion activities; creating an enabling environment and monitoring and evaluation]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:30:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Advancing Environmental Health for Disease Prevention: Past Experiences and Future Priorities - ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Advancing Environmental Health for Disease Prevention: Past Experiences and Future Piorities is a collection of Papers that provide a concise overview of end-of-project lessons learned from five years (1999&#8211;2004) of EHP&#8217;s work related to hygiene improvement, malaria control and prevention through integrated vector management and cross-sectoral surveillance, linking population, health and environment, and improving health for the urban poor. 

The lessons are approaches and practices that offer ideas about what works in a given situation and have implications for future programming. Lessons are often &#8220;lessons from&#8221; a specific activity, and not all lessons may be universal in scope and application. The intended audience for Lessons Learned is USAID, international organizations, PVOs and NGOs working in environmental health programming. The Lessons Learned Papers were based on activity-specific background papers and reports written by EHP Activity Managers and the Information Center Staff.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:28:43 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Strategic Report 12. Improving the Health of the Urban Poor, Learning from USAID Experience</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The poor are the fastest growing segment of urban populations, living mainly in slums and squatter settlements. The Asia/Near East Region (ANE) contains 60% of the world&#8217;s slums, which in absolute numbers represents about 550 million slum dwellers. Urban health shows disparities between the urban poor and urban nonpoor for indicators such as child mortality, disease morbidity, and child nutritional status. An analysis of DHS data showed urban poor children may be less healthy than rural children in terms of weight for height (acute malnutrition/wasting). Poor urban slum dwellers tend to suffer more from environmental and infectious illnesses. Death rates for diarrhea, measles and TB among urban poor children can be up to 100 times higher than counterparts in industrialized countries. Poverty, crowded living conditions, outdoor and indoor pollution, and food insecurity are among the factors causing ill health. However, there are numerous advantages to working in urban areas. These include defined geographic zones, people grouped in workplaces, availability of urban services such as water, electricity, trained people and health centers (although they may be unavailable to the urban poor), and urban openness to new ideas. Given the rapid spread of urbanization and urban poverty, there are potential political, social, economic and epidemiological costs to not addressing the needs of the urban poor. This challenge is stated directly in the Millennium Development Goals: &#8220;achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.&#8221;]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:17:46 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Activity Report 138. Strengthening Hygiene Promotion in the West Africa Water Initiative (WAWI) ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Assessing the Capacity of WAWI Partners to Promote Hygiene]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:10:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Activity Report 139. Summary Report: Combining Hygiene Behavior Change with Water and ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Pilot Project in Hato Mayor and Follow-on Activities to Institutionalize and Scale-up the Behavior Change Approach]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:08:54 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 13. The Hygiene Improvement Framework&amp;#8212;A Comprehensive Approach for ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A four page brochure explaining the Hygiene Improvement Framework]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:07:23 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 11S. Estudio de Comportamientos de Lavado de Manos con Jabon en Zonas Urbano ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Handwashing with soap plays a key role in strategies to reduce childhood mortality and morbidity associated with diarrhea. In the framework of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap, several countries have launched mass media campaigns in an attempt to modify hygiene behaviors and to promote the prioritization of the issue on public health agendas.
This study of handwashing practices using soap in Peru is part of the first phase of the campaign to reduce childhood diarrhea prevalence. It represents the preliminary study designed to collect the information necessary to design an appropriate national media campaign. In addition, the study collected baseline information on handwashing practices and the prevalence of diarrhea diseases and acute respiratory infections. The baseline data will be used to measure the expected changes in behavior, attitudes and knowledge with regard to handwashing with soap after the national media campaign is implemented over the next two years.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:42:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 11E. Behavioral Study of Handwashing with Soap in Peri-urban and Rural Areas ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Handwashing with soap plays a key role in strategies to reduce childhood mortality and morbidity associated with diarrhea. In the framework of the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap, several countries have launched mass media campaigns in an attempt to modify hygiene behaviors and to promote the prioritization of the issue on public health agendas.
This study of handwashing practices using soap in Peru is part of the first phase of the campaign to reduce childhood diarrhea prevalence. It represents the preliminary study designed to collect the information necessary to design an appropriate national media campaign. In addition, the study collected baseline information on handwashing practices and the prevalence of diarrhea diseases and acute respiratory infections. The baseline data will be used to measure the expected changes in behavior, attitudes and knowledge with regard to handwashing with soap after the national media campaign is implemented over the next two years.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:40:49 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication12S. Evaluación de las Políticas Nacionales de Saneamiento del Perú (Spanish)</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2455_JP_12S_PeruSanitationPolicyFormat.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this activity was to conduct an evaluation of Peru&#8217;s national sanitation policies with a view toward supporting and collaborating with the Peruvian Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation. This evaluation analyzed the adequacy of Peru&#8217;s sanitation policies for improving services involving excreta and wastewater disposal and focused on the needs of the currently unserved population, defined as poor urban population groups in large cities, including the residents of small cities and rural communities.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:29:27 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 12E. Evaluation of Peru&amp;#8217;s National Sanitation Policies (English)</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2454_JP12EPeruSanitationPolicyFormat.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this activity was to conduct an evaluation of Peru&#8217;s national sanitation policies with a view toward supporting and collaborating with the Peruvian Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation. This evaluation analyzed the adequacy of Peru&#8217;s sanitation policies for improving services involving excreta and wastewater disposal and focused on the needs of the currently unserved population, defined as poor urban population groups in large cities, including the residents of small cities and rural communities.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:25:39 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 10. Implementation of Integrated Vector Management in the WHO-African Region: ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Until the 1970s, most countries in the Africa region had well-established vector control operations, focusing on chemical applications and targeting mosquito control in urban settings. However, for many reasons, vector control was phased out. Consequently, activities at country level were disrupted, and services were disorganized. The result was a dramatic decrease in human resources and logistical support, leading to the worsening and resurgence of vector-borne diseases. WHO/AFRO and its partners have initiated a program to implement integrated vector management (IVM) as a new strategic approach to vector control. In 2001, a workshop of policymakers and vector control experts took place in Harare and resulted in the preparation of a strategic framework for the African region. A strategic plan was further developed to initiate the implementation of IVM focusing on the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of IVM activities based on national frameworks and technical guidelines. The implementation of this plan has been initiated at regional and country levels.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:20:01 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Strategic Report 11. Children&amp;#8217;s Feces Disposal Practices in Developing Countries and ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The promotion of essential hygiene behaviors has been identified as an intervention that could have considerable impact in the reduction of diarrheal diseases in young children in developing countries. Among these behaviors, the sanitary disposal of human feces, particularly those of children, has been less studied. Little is known about current practices, their determinants, and the feasibility to change them. After a systematic search of the literature of studies published between 1986 and 2002, this report reviews the current state of knowledge of children&#8217;s excretal practices in developing countries, the methodology used to assess it, and the epidemiological evidence that associates some of these practices with diarrheal diseases. The review aims to identify interventions that could improve the sanitary disposal of feces at the household level and interventions that have a high potential of reducing diarrheal diseases in children in developing countries.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:16:52 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Joint Publication 7. Improving Health through Behavior Change &amp;#8212; A Process Guide on ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phishare.org/files/2450_JP7CIMCIProcessGuideWeb8_27.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this guide is to support planning and management of effective hygiene promotion for the purpose of preventing diarrheal disease. To do this, the guide provides a systematic description of a methodology called Behavior-Centered ProgrammingSM (BCP).]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 13:14:30 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Activity Report 135. Technical Assistance to the Government of India for Urban Health Planning ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Urban health has emerged as a priority in recent Government of India (GOI) policies and plans. This document presents the genesis, evolution and growth of the collaborative relationship between the GOI and USAID/EHP over a two-year period of operations in India. The collaboration resulted in an enabling environment for city and state planners in the form of resource allocation by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare towards the development of city-wide urban health projects under the Tenth Five-Year Plan. EHP&#8217;s technical assistance efforts included conducting workshops (one national and three regional) to guide urban health planning as well as assistance in the development of specific urban health proposals in Uttaranchal and design of sample urban health proposals under the urban health component of GOI&#8217;s Reproductive and Child Health program.
This report documents the technical assistance role played by EHP and the results of the technical assistance. The report also provides planners with a model that could serve as a basis for developing urban health programs in other countries.]]></description>
            <author>postmt@ehproject.org (Environmental Health Project (EHP))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:28:26 +0100</pubDate>
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