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WASHplus Pilot Program Burkina Faso

This pilot program aims to identify and propose WASH interventions to eliminate or control trachoma, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in Burkina Faso. The project includes collaboration with government stakeholders, behavior change activities, and training for specific groups. Initial results show communities engaged and local officials committed to advancing WASH efforts.

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WASHplus Pilot Program Burkina Faso

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  1. WASHplus Pilot Program Burkina Faso Renuka Bery Integration Manager, WASHplus July 21, 2016

  2. General Objective To identify and propose WASH interventions to assist in eliminating and/or controllingtrachoma, schistosomiasis and soil-transmittedhelminths

  3. Project Planning • Understanding the context • Engaging partners within and outside the government at different levels for collaboration • Putting in place behavior change activities

  4. Understanding the Context • Explored the state of NTDs in Burkina Faso • Mapped potential partners • Chose the intervention zone • Conducted a baseline study

  5. Collaboration: Bringing local experiences to national stakeholders • Ministries of Health, Education, Water and Sanitation • Municipalities • WASH and NTD NGOs • Communities Bringing lessons to the national level Bringing lessons to the national level Engaging and collaborating at the local level Bringing lessons to the national level Engaging and collaborating at the local level

  6. Selected Villages in Manni District • MANNI Commune • Manni • Boudangou • Dakiri • Mopienga • Tomonga • COALLA Commune • Boudabga • Coalla • Goulmodjo • Kierga • THION Commune • Diaka • Monlori • Thion • Tipoli

  7. WASH-NTD Model

  8. Information and Advocacy • Targeted local provincial and district authorities • High commissioner of Gnagna province • Chief medical directors of Manni and Bogande • Provincial director of agriculture, water and sanitation, Gnagna • Provincial director of education, Gnagna • Commune president for each commune • Communities • 1689 people reached with information and advocacy

  9. Behavior Change Activities • Developed WASH-NTD integration tools • Trained and mobilized communities • Trained specific groups • Conducted Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) • Assisted mass drug administration efforts • Conducted a radio campaign to promote WASH-NTD messages

  10. Chant de Femme Team • National Level • Project coordinator (Ouagadougou-based) • Financial manager • Local Project Team • Technical supervisor • 4 animators (recruited locally) • Monitoring and evaluation manager

  11. WASH-NTD Training for Specific Groups • 25 Health workers • 25 Community health workers • 30 Teachers • 24 Latrine user group members • 1170 Villagers (90 per village) • Materials to assist MDA efforts

  12. Initial Results • Communities engaged and taking steps to make improvements • Local officials engaged • National NTD leadership committed to advancing WASH within future NTD efforts

  13. Initial Results (2) • USAID CAs and other NGO partners seeking ways to support WASHplus initial efforts. • USAID/Burkina interested in project and will use ideas to develop new REGIS activity • FHI 360 developing a case study to share with NNN WASH working group at the September 2016 meeting

  14. Future Needs • Limited support to continue follow-up activities for an additional 6-12 months • Funding for an endline activity to provide more rigorous results (WASHPaLS?) • USAID participation in NNN WASH-NTD working group • Assistance to USAID/Burkina to include WASH in new RFA

  15. Thank You “Thank you for coming up to us to understand our living conditions. These questions have helped us recognize some of our bad habits and behaviors and now we will try to change our practices..” —village mother

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