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Episode 7: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Part II

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In Episode 7 of the Between Two Baobab Trees series, we continue from episode 6, our discussion of issues of water security, sanitation and hygiene, what we at USAID have begun to call WSSH or "whush." This acronym incorporates water, sanitation and hygiene, or what is commonly known in the sector as, WASH, with broader water security issues such as those addressed by water resources management or WRM techniques.

Objective

At the end of this course, you should be able to recognize

  • How droughts and floods have impacts
  • The need to build resilience into operations and maintenance
  • Gender implications

Time

  • 2 hours

Published/Updated

  • Thursday, August 17, 2023

Course Managers: 

  • - Zachery Burt, Senior WASH Advisor in the USAID Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition.
  • - Isha Ray, Professor at the Energy and Resources Group (University of California, Berkeley) and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion at the Rausser College of Natural Resources.
  • - Dr. Jeremy Kohlitz, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney.