PBHLTH 268W
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) for Health and Development
This course is designed for students who may be interested in working in countries where contaminated water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene (WaSH) are the cause of serious health problems. In this course, important concepts in WaSH will be covered so that students can understand what is needed to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate a WaSH program. It emphasizes concepts that are needed to develop effective, appropriate, accessible and affordable WaSH interventions to reduce the global burden of disease.
Topics
- 1. Identify major water, sanitation and hygiene hazards and understand how hazards differ between different countries, watersheds, climates, cultures and regions. 2. Describe key social determinants of health that drive WaSH inequities 3. Understand the primary WaSH interventions that have been shown to be effective at reducing morbidity and mortality 4. Conduct vulnerability assessments of community supplies of water and sanitation systems to assess ability to provide essential services. 5. Describe the relationship between WaSH technologies, behavioral change communications and the enabling environment and how the three must work in tandem to result in sustained improvements. 6. Critically analyze WaSH-related issues associated with rapid growth of urban populations in developing countries.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027