DIPLOMA IN WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE

DIPLOMA IN WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE

Course Overview

Globally, it is estimated that 2.6 billion people lack access to appropriate and comfortable sanitation, and that more than 1.2 billion people lack access to safe, clean drinking water. WHO (2005) estimated that 1.6 million people per year pass away from cholera and diarrhea, both of which have been linked to the lack of access to basic sanitation facilities and clean drinking water. Children under the age of five account for 90% of the total, and the trend is widespread in developing countries.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) are some of the basic needs for human health to lead a
normal life. WASH is a practical way of leading people from poverty since ever person will be
productive and money used to treat the diseases associated with dwindling levels of sanitation
and clean water can be used in developing the economy.

The course is valuable and very relevant to those in need of more technical input for their work
as well as those in management of organization which offer water and sanitation services and
they are short of basic technical and theoretical background.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, a student assessed as competent against this qualification will be able
to:
• Understand public health and appreciate the current and future disease burden in developing
countries
• Correlate WASH and Environmental Health with Public Health (including nutrition) in the
context of community development
• Understand the practicalities around community water supply, waste management (including
drainage), and related environmental health issues for effective community hygiene promotion
• Examine indicators of performance in WASH and wider environmental health

Module 1

• Introduction to Water. Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

• Global disease Burden

• Assessing Public health Patterns in Emergencies

• Effective WASH interventions

Module 2

•  Hygiene Promotions

• Water Supply standards and Water Quality

• Water and Sanitation initials needs Assessments

• Health Promotions and Community Participation

Module 3

• Water and sustainable Development

• Community participation and Management

• Cost and cost effectiveness of WASH

• Water Technologies

• Maintenance of Water Supply Systems

Module 4

•  Disease and Disease transmissions

• Diseases in Population

• Water and Environmental Sanitation Programmes

• Sanitations

• Municipal solid Waste Management

COURSE DURATION 6 MONTH

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued a certificate.