A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar region of Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorWhitley, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorHutchings, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorParker, Alison
dc.contributor.authorKebede, Abinet
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Solome
dc.contributor.authorButterworth, John A.
dc.contributor.authorvan Kopp, Barbara M.C.
dc.contributor.authorMulejaa, Adolph
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-09T13:14:16Z
dc.date.available2019-09-09T13:14:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-20
dc.description.abstractGlobally, many populations face structural and environmental barriers to access safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Among these populations are many of the 200 million pastoralists whose livelihood patterns and extreme environmental settings challenge conventional WASH programming approaches. In this paper, we studied the Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia to identify WASH interventions that can mostly alleviate public health risks, within the population's structural and environmental living constraints. Surveys were carried out with 148 individuals and observational assessments made in 12 households as part of a Pastoralist Community WASH Risk Assessment. The results show that low levels of access to infrastructure are further compounded by risky behaviours related to water containment, storage and transportation. Additional behavioural risk factors were identified related to sanitation, hygiene and animal husbandry. The Pastoralist Community WASH Risk Assessment visually interprets the seriousness of the risks against the difficulty of addressing the problem. The assessment recommends interventions on household behaviours, environmental cleanliness, water storage, treatment and hand hygiene via small-scale educational interventions. The framework provides an approach for assessing risks in other marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationWhitley L, Hutchings P, Cooper S, Parker A, Kebede A, Joseph S, Butterworth J, Van Koppen B and Mulejaa A. A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar region of Ethiopia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 222, Issue 8, 2019, pp.1133-1144en_UK
dc.identifier.cris24109426
dc.identifier.issn1438-4639
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.08.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14520
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectpastoralistsen_UK
dc.subjectWASHen_UK
dc.subjectbehavioursen_UK
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_UK
dc.subjectpathogensen_UK
dc.titleA framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar region of Ethiopiaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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