WASHplus | Supportive Environments for Healthy Communities

Using a latrine, such as the one these masons are building in Uganda, can reduce the risk of diarrheal disease by up to 30%.

This multipurpose improved stove reduces indoor air pollution. Credit: Winrock International

Scouts promote handwashing and good hygiene in their community in Madagascar.

Washing hands with soap can reduce the risk of getting sick from diarrheal diseases by as much as 44%.

What's New

	Kenya-WASH Training Spurs Innovative Local Solution Read more here.		New WASHplus Video WASHplus's Julia Rosenbaum discusses the power of small, doable actions. Video
	May 24 - WASH-Related Diseases See latest compilation of research and articles on this topic. Read it here.		WASHplus Newsletter, April 2013 Country updates, new report, news from Resource Partners. Read it here.

Featured Partners

BPD in Water and Sanitation
May 2013 - Learning from Failure in Sanitation (Part II). The recent trend of ‘admitting failure’ in aid and development forces sanitation specialists to ask if we can and should address failure more openly. Read more.

IDEO.org - Awarded Development Innovation Ventures Grant
May 2013 - IDEO.org is using open-source mapping and mobile phones to raise support for improved sanitation in Ghana. Read more.

Aprovecho Research Center - Partner in the Spark Initiative
May 2013 - The new Spark Initiative seeks to unite a community of parties interested in cookstoves, attract students to research and internship opportunities and generate new partnerships between members of the Oregon University System and local experts. Read more.

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Innovation Exchange

	May 22, 2013 USAID & Gates Foundation Announce 7 New Innovation Ventures (DIV) Grantees
	May 16, 2013 Mobile and Web Apps Tackle Sanitation Challenges
	March 28, 2013 Lifebuoy introduces the Hulk of Handwashes