POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE

Course overview

Statistically, an estimated 1.2 billion people globally are not able to access safe clean drinking water, whereas 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation. According to a report by WHO (2005), approximately 1.6 million people die annually from cholera and diarrhoea. In developing countries, 90% are children below five years’ account for the above figures.

The high mortality rates are due to lack of awareness on the effects of poor hygiene and sanitation due to face-oral diseases amongst children due to lack of training and inadequate approaches by the professionals in the sector.

Inadequate knowledge and awareness on the effect of poor sanitation and hygiene are a major area of concern highlighted in various evaluations that were conducted between 2004 and 2007 including the Output to Purpose Review (OPR) of DFID. This course aims to put into consideration all the scholarly work done in the modules in order to combine all the Hygiene and Sanitation promotion learning materials to develop a quality manual that can be used to improve hygiene and Sanitation behaviour in order to achieve program objectives.

The course has ten modules and at the end of every module there is an assignment. After ten assignments, learners are expected to write a research paper with guidance from an online moderator and then an examination done online on the twelfth month. The learner has contact with the moderator through the e-learning platform where there are chats and can even ask for a zoom chat with the moderator to have any issues of concern addressed.

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the learner should be able to;

• Have a critical understanding of sanitation, water and hygiene interventions and of the ways in which such projects can impact on health in low income settings;

• Point out the principal pitfalls in health impact measurement, and suggest appropriate alternatives;

• Discuss the wider social, economic, institutional and environmental contexts of water, hygiene and sanitation strategies;

• Appraise the existing evidence for the effectiveness of water, hygiene and sanitation interventions;

• Have a basic understanding of the principles of behaviour change in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector and the pros/cons of alternative ways to measure behavior change outcomes;

• Have a basic understanding of the WASH products and services options available and the factors which guide choice of hardware;

• Have a critical appreciation of the importance of behaviour change communications and demand promotion/creation strategies tailored to the target population in the planning, implementation and evaluation of water, hygiene and sanitation interventions;

• Apply this understanding to the design, evaluation and critique of such projects.

• Contribute to the development of different approaches to the provision of sustainable and equitable WASH services in developing countries

Modules 1

•  Introduction to WASH- Definitions and Concepts

• WASH Priorities in Emergency and development Setting

• Effectiveness of WASH Interventions

 

Module 2

• Water and Sustainable Development

• Water and Public Health

• Water Sources and their Characteristics

Module 3

• Water Pollution

• Water Treatment Technologies for Large-scale Water Supply

• Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment and Supply Systems

Module 4

• Distribution, Leakage and Illegal

• Water Safety Plans

• Duties and Responsibilities of Water Utilities

Module 5

• Household Water Collection, Treatment, Storage and Handling

• Monitoring Water Quality

• Water Emergencies and Emergency Water Supply

• Introduction to the Principles and Concepts of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Module 6

• Environmental Health Hazards

• Personal Hygiene

• Healthful Housing

module 7

• Institutional Hygiene and Sanitation

• Characteristics of Urban Communities

• Environmental Pollution and Health

 

Module 8

• Existing WASH Service Provision

• Stakeholders in Urban WASH

• Social Accountability and Social Responsibility

Module 9

• Community Engagement

• Introduction to Sanitation and Waste Management

• The Effects of Poor Sanitation and Waste Management

Module 10

Rapid Assessment of Urban Sanitation and Waste Management

Storage, Collection, Transfer and Transport of Solid Waste

Disposal of Solid Wastes

Module 11: Research paper

You will be required to choose a research topic, share it with the moderator, upon agreement write a proposal, after that do corrections plus writing chapters three, four and five of the whole paper. Guidelines will be provided on the format preferred by the institute.

FINAL EXAM 

Certification

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