WaterAid has published a report about access to water and sanitation for people living with HIV and Aids in Tanzania.
Published on: 03/03/2010
WaterAid Tanzania and AMREF conducted a study in Tanzania on access to water and sanitation for People Living with HIV and AIDS. It was prompted by the observation that the water and sanitation needs of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) and the likely consequences of inadequate access to water by their households were not being explicitly identified, and not being integrated into either HIV and AIDS interventions or water and sanitation sector programmes. The study found some evidence that PLHIV have an increased need for both water and sanitation services, but lack the means to meet these needs. It confirmed that there is lack of clear arrangements on access to water and sanitation for PLHIV. It found some evidence of stigma, although this was not reported to be a major problem. And it found, in hygiene promotion, a clear area of overlapping interests between the water and sanitation sector and the HIV and AIDS sector, though this hasn’t yet resulted in much cooperation between sectors in practice or in harmonised hygiene promotion messages. Based on these findings, the study makes the following recommendations: For water and sanitation programmes
For HIV and AIDS programmes
Possible further studies
Diana Nkongo, D. and Chonya, C. (2009). Access to water and sanitation for people living with HIV and AIDS : an exploratory study. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, WaterAid Tanzania and AMREF Tanzania. v, 18 p. Download PDF
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