- Strengthening Water Quality Testing in Rural Areas: The Water Quality Assurance Fund Video
Access to safe drinking water is a significant challenge in rural Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population is exposed to contaminated…
- Community Action to Overcome Menstrual Hygiene Taboos Blog
In a conservative society like South Sudan, menstruation is taboo. It is so taboo that mothers often do not discuss it with their daughters, and…
- Business Models for Rural Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) Technical Report
Over the last decade, basic sanitation coverage in rural areas of low- and middle-income countries has progressed significantly, especially in Asia.…
- USAID Liberia Localization in Construction Contracting: Challenges and Opportunities Video
Through the Improved Access to Safe Drinking Water Activity in Liberia, USAID works with local implementing partner, BK Enterprise, which…
- A Rural Water Innovation and its Ripple Effect: Informal Water Operators Ready to Embrace Clean Water Blog
Bono and Ahafo Region, Ghana — What happens when the paradigm changes from “water is life” to “safe water is life?” Although subtle, the shift toward…
- Framework for Financing Water Resources Management Technical Report
This framework, produced by USAID’s Safe Water Activity, aims to help national and local governments in the Philippines address the financing…
- USAID REAL-Water Explores the Impact of the Water Quality Assurance Fund on Ghana's Water Sector Formalization Article
Bono and Ahafo Region, Ghana — Ensuring the safety and quality of drinking water supplies is a pressing concern for public health. While urban areas…
- Bringing New Voices into the WASH Sector: USAID scholarship expands diversity, equity, and inclusion at water sector conferences Blog
The annual University of North Carolina (UNC) Water and Health Conference and the bi-annual International Water Association (IWA) Water and…
- The Use of Subsidies in an Area-Wide Sanitation Approach Technical Report
Hardware subsidies used to be commonplace policy tools for expanding sanitation access in rural areas. Overtime, however, hardware subsidies were…
- Integrated District-level Water Quality and Scarcity Estimates for India Dataset
USAID’s REAL-Water has compiled a rich spatially explicit dataset of water quality and scarcity parameters for India to assist decision-makers and…