An Access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services Plays a Key Role to Improve and Raise Standard of Living.
Promoting improved WASH facilitiesfor public use counts.There are growing evidences that an increased access to safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene improve children’s academic achievements. Evidences suggest that the period around puberty is one in which many girls drop out of school or are absent from school for significant periods of time. Over 100,000 girls miss 6 weeks of schooling every year and women miss valuable work hours. Menstruation causes adolescent girls to lose an average of 1-5 learning days per month.
Limited access to safe, affordable, convenient and appropriate methods for dealing with menstruation has far-reaching implications for the rights, physical, social and mental wellbeing of many adolescent girls in our communities. The adolescent girls likely opt dodging routine schooling andhave to stay at home rather than attending classes when menstruating. Obstructive altitudes of some men and limited education about the facts of menstruation and sanitation play key role in depriving girls’ rights to restore their dignity.
Significantly, disparities in WASH outcomes between Rural and Urban populations exist. Only 35% of rural population has access to improved toilet facilities compared to 69% of urban. Improving WASH outcomes and prioritizing WASH interventions is essential to reduce inequality. Health Facility reports reviewed indicated that diarrhea in rural environments was one of the top five causes of morbidity in outpatient visitors to health facilities.
The highest prevalence of childhood diarrhea was marked in Kigoma by 21.5%. WASH services blended with public awareness support are critical for improving the survival, healthy and promoting socio-economic welfare of rural communities (Ethiop J Health Sci. 2019 Jul; 29(4): 513–524). Jointly with key local and international players, CCC assumes WASH promotions leadership to unleash the potentials for raising quality of education and reducing poverty amongst local communities. The WASH initiative profoundly has the positive impact to reduce women vulnerability on gender-based violence and waterborne infections.