Francis Ngure – The WASH and Nutrition Nexus Current Operational Approaches, Lessons Learned and Practical Considerations for Future Programming

by Dan Campbell on April 2, 2014

This presentation was made at a meeting at USAID on April 1, 2014.

The WASH and Nutrition Nexus Current Operational Approaches, Lessons Learned and Practical Considerations for Future Programming, by Francis M. Ngure, Water and Sanitation Program.

Presentation, pdf

Excerpts from the presentation – There is enough evidence to support integration of WASH and nutrition programming.

There are opportunities for integration on behavior change, targeting and combining WASH sensitive with nutrition specific interventions

Targeting poor, as opposed to universal coverage, can accelerate reductions in child undernutrition
Leveraging existing resources and delivery channels has potential to increase scale, coverage and efficient use of resources