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Water borne diseases

clean water, borehole, hygiene related illnesses, water supply, unsafe water

How clean water has reduced waterborne disease in a village

Diarrhoeal diseases have gone down since this borehole was constructed. Worms would be in that shallow well."

water, sanitation, hygiene, open defecation free, latrines, hand washing

Esther Lomma, the adolescent WASH ambassador from Karamoja

Changing one village at a time

water, sanitation, hygiene, open defecation free, latrines, hand washing

Celebrating communities free of defecation in Karamoja

“The approach of using children from WASH clubs was very effective in bringing change."

water borne diseases, WASH, borehole, clean water, disease, cholera, unsafe water, health, hygiene,

Fighting cholera in the middle of COVID-19

“We are now back to the basics of the four Fs; faeces, food, flies and fingers to fight the disease"

water borne diseases, WASH, borehole, clean water, disease, cholera, unsafe water, health, hygiene,

Surviving cholera, best thing that happened to my hygiene

Says Otyang Lucia

floods, clean water, safe water, COVID-19, coronavirus, emergency supplies, water sanitation and hygiene, WASH supplies, Kasese

Karusandara Health Centre III gets safe and clean water

"We had one borehole serving the health centre and the community."

floods, cholera, COVID-19, coronavirus, emergency supplies, water sanitation and hygiene, WASH supplies, Kasese

No cholera in Kasese for the first time in 13 years

“This year we have so far experienced two sets of floods, but no water borne disease outbreaks have been registered”

Ebola

VHT leads by example as she sensitises communities on Ebola

Accompanying her talk with the walk

Blue jerry cans

Uganda Red Cross supports communities affected by disasters

Provides relief to vulnerable communities

disease outbreak, cholera response among refugees

Cholera outbreak stresses DRC refugee response

UNICEF and partners respond to outbreak