WASH objectives for disease control | Enabling activities | Desired behaviors | NTD-specific outcomes |
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Reduced amount of human feces in environment | Construction and maintenance of latrines | Elimination of open defecation practices | Reduced breeding sites for the M. sorbens fly, which spreads trachoma |
Reduced transmission of STH and schistosome eggs | |||
Daily practice of personal and environmental hygiene activities | Increased access to water in homes, schools and communities | Increased daily hand washing behaviors at key times | Elimination of bacteria and eggs from hands |
Behavior change communication | Increased daily face washing | Reduced reservoir of trachoma bacteria transmitted via flies, fingers, and fomites | |
Decreased contact with contaminated surface water bodies | Separation of people from water infested with schistosome parasites | ||
Increased use of safe water for washing clothes, bathing, and swimming | Separation of people from water infested with schistosome parasites | ||
More frequent washing of clothes in safe water | Reduced transfer of trachoma bacteria via dirty fabric | ||
Cleaning and upkeep of latrines | Reduced breeding sites for the M. sorbens fly, which spreads trachoma | ||
Increased washing of lower limbs and feet affected by lymphedema | Removal of dirt and bacteria that can cause skin infections |