An overview of the synergies between water, sanitation, and hygiene, and neglected tropical diseases for the END7 Student Advocacy Day in April 2015. This presentation reviews the linkages between WASH and NTDs and highlights current collaborations between the sectors.

1. WATER, SANITATION, &
HYGIENE (WASH) AND NTDS
2015 END7 Student Advocacy Day Jordan Teague, MPH
Washington, DC WASH Advocates
Source: EFPIASource: CBM

2. What is WASH?
Source: Jay Graham
Source: Jay Graham
Source: UNICEF/Prashanth Vishwanathan
Water
Sanitation
Hygiene

3. WASH-related NTDs
 Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH)
 Roundworm
 Whipworm
 Hookworm
 Trachoma
 Schistosomiasis
 Lymphatic filariasis (LF)
 Guinea worm

4. WASH-related NTDs

5. WASH-related NTDs

6. “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

7. “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

8. WASH & NTDs Collaborations
www.washntds.org

9. 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

10. Ethiopia
ORBIS Ethiopia & WaterAid Ethiopia
Government of Ethiopia
Source: International Trachoma Initiative

11. 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

12. Benefits of Collaboration
Disease reduction
Proof of effectiveness
of WASH
Maximize efficiency
of both programs

13. Thank you!
Jordan Teague, MPH
Associate Director for WASH Integration
WASH Advocates
jteague@WASHadvocates.org