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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for People Living with HIV and AIDS
Summary
A study commissioned to document the connection between water, sanitation, and hygiene and HIV and AIDS led to national consultations for disseminating the findings of the study, building consensus on the need for mainstreaming water, sanitation, and hygiene safety messages in care and support programs for people living with HIV and AIDS, and identifying further strategies. The study finds that people living with HIV and AIDS recognize the need for safe water, appropriate sanitation, and hygiene practices better than most. However barriers—such as limitations of time, economic constraints, lack of individual household toilets, lack of fuel for boiling water, and water scarcity—were reported in converting knowledge into practice.
About the publisher
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services. WSP works directly with client governments at the local and national level in 25 countries through regional offices in Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and in, Washington D.C. www.wsp.org
