TY - JOUR KW - Water Purification KW - Tropical Climate KW - Sanitation KW - Neglected Diseases KW - Hygiene KW - Humans KW - Health Policy KW - Cooperative Behavior KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - Animals AU - Freeman MC AU - Ogden S AU - Jacobson J AU - Abbott D AU - Addiss D AU - Amnie A AU - Beckwith C AU - Cairncross S AU - Callejas R AU - Colford JM AU - Emerson P AU - Fenwick A AU - Fishman R AU - Gallo K AU - Grimes J AU - Karapetyan G AU - Keene B AU - Lammie P AU - Macarthur C AU - Lochery P AU - Petach H AU - Platt J AU - Prabasi S AU - Rosenboom JW AU - Roy S AU - Saywell D AU - Schechtman L AU - Tantri A AU - Velleman Y AU - Utzinger J AB -

Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or eradication of many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Indeed, the global strategies to fight NTDs include provision of WASH, but few programs have specific WASH targets and approaches. Collaboration between disease control programs and stakeholders in WASH is a critical next step. A group of stakeholders from the NTD control, child health, and WASH sectors convened in late 2012 to discuss opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration. The group agreed on a common vision, namely "Disease-free communities that have adequate and equitable access to water and sanitation, and that practice good hygiene." Four key areas of collaboration were identified, including (i) advocacy, policy, and communication; (ii) capacity building and training; (iii) mapping, data collection, and monitoring; and (iv) research. We discuss strategic opportunities and ways forward for enhanced collaboration between the WASH and the NTD sectors.

BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24086781?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002439 IS - 9 J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis LA - eng N2 -

Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or eradication of many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Indeed, the global strategies to fight NTDs include provision of WASH, but few programs have specific WASH targets and approaches. Collaboration between disease control programs and stakeholders in WASH is a critical next step. A group of stakeholders from the NTD control, child health, and WASH sectors convened in late 2012 to discuss opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration. The group agreed on a common vision, namely "Disease-free communities that have adequate and equitable access to water and sanitation, and that practice good hygiene." Four key areas of collaboration were identified, including (i) advocacy, policy, and communication; (ii) capacity building and training; (iii) mapping, data collection, and monitoring; and (iv) research. We discuss strategic opportunities and ways forward for enhanced collaboration between the WASH and the NTD sectors.

PY - 2013 EP - e2439 T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases TI - Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784463/pdf/pntd.0002439.pdf VL - 7 SN - 1935-2735 ER -