4.4 role of government bodies

Roles of government bodies

Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, Module 4.4

Dr. Richard Johnston

● Profit maximizing businesses

● Social businesses

● Not-for-profit organizations

● Role of government?

Introduction

Introduction to HWTS| 2

● By 2015, 30 countries will have

established national policies and/or

regulations regarding household water

treatment and safe storage and point of

use water treatment; ● On track (2012), 8 countries had targets, 22+ had

policies

● By 2020, 50 countries have achieved

country-wide scale up of project-based

HWTS.

International Network targets


● Multiple sectors ● Health, Water, Environment

● Ministry of Rural Development

● Ministry of Education

● Bureaus of Standards

● Multiple levels ● National

● Regional

● District

● Local

● Municipal

Which government?

Source: WHO/HSE/WSH/12.07 “Status of National

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Policies in

Selected Countries“


● Respect

● Protect

● Fulfill

● Facilitate

● Promote

● Provide

Human right to (safe) water


● Access to information ● Make itself aware of research on HWTS and

links with health

● Assess existing water situation to see if people

could benefit from HWTS

● National health and water coverage statistics

Facilitate


● Assist, coordinate, monitor and

evaluate the efforts of all

stakeholders ● Survey of HWTS activities and stakeholders

● Support local universities and research

institutions

● Host sector forums

● Monitoring and evaluation

Facilitate


Credit: Ryan Rowe

● Allocate funding, including for non-

branded communication strategy

● Develop plans for piloting, assessing

and scaling up HWTS ● A range of options should be available.

● Develop policies on how HWTS

should relate to other health or

development priorities

Promote


● Possible role of subsidy ● Subsidize products (for poor?)

● Subsidize promotion and distribution

● Relax import duties

● Build capacity to support HWTS

implementation at different levels.

Provide


● Background and Rationale ● Assessment and diagnosis

● Literature review

● Purpose, Guiding Principles ● Health focus: reduce disease

● Target vulnerable groups (greatest gains)

● Confirm complementarity with water supply

● Goal ● By XXXX, YY% of the population who do not

yet have access to safe piped-in other supplies

will be consistently practicing effective HWTS

methods in a manner that renders the water

they use in compliance with national standards.

● Strategies and Action Items

● Responsibilities

A Framework for National Action Planning


● High mortality from diarrheoa

● High use of unsafe drinking-water

● HWTS aligned with government

policies, but no coordination

● Feb 2009: International Conference ● Led by representatives from Ministries

● Supported by International Network,

WHO, UNICEF, PSI

● Preparatory work

Tanzania: Getting started

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2005 45% 3% 42% 32% 23%

2010 44% 4% 40% 33% 23%

2012 44% 4% 40% 33% 23%

Estimated coverage 2014 update


Bagomoyo, Tanzania, February 2009

108 Participants

Credit: Government of Tanzania, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

● Objectives ● To learn from international experiences

● Strengthen national initiatives on

expanding HWTS

● Develop and strengthen national and

international partnerships

● Share experience and document the

different programmes taking place within

and outside the country

Tanzania: Stakeholder workshop


● 15 Action Points

● 5 Recommendations ● Ministry of Health and Social Welfare should

develop a National Action Plan and Strategy

● MOHSW should strengthen international

partnerships

● Governments, partners and stakeholders

should allocate funds

● Government should strengthen evidence base

through M&E, develop standards

● Government should develop and strengthen

coordination and networking

● Other regional workshops

Tanzania: Recommendations


Item Details

National vision and goal/target

To have communities accessing safe drinking-water at the household level. To increase by 20% the usage of acceptable HWTS by 2016.

HWTS in National Policies

-National Health Policy -Health Sector Strategic Plan III -Environmental health, hygiene and sanitation strategy

Actions to achieve goal

-Establish support system for HWTS -Strengthen coordination -Increase access to HWTS

-Create awareness -Mobilize resources -Monitor and evaluation

“Comprehensive country plan for scaling-up HWTS 2011-2016”

Tanzania: Strategy and Plan


● Secure political support, resources ● Coordinate and lead

● Adequate financing

● Implementation of measures ● Build awareness, capacity

● Monitoring and evaluation ● Non-discrimination

● Participation and transparency

Implementing national strategy, action plan


http://www.who.int/household_water/resources

Source: WHO/HSE/WSH/12.07 “Status of National

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage Policies in

Selected Countries“


http://www.who.int/household_water/resources/en/



● Respect, Protect, Fulfill

● Facilitate

● Collect and manage information

● Coordinate stakeholders

● Promote

● Establish policies and strategies, action plans

● Endorse HWTS

● Cnduct public health campaigns

● Provide

● Especially for vulnerable groups

Summary


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