TY - GEN
T1 - Prevention of water borne diseases in the tsunami affected Thotagamuwa-Hikkaduwa area of southern Sri Lanka
AU - Wijeyaratne, P.
AU - Kalluri, Pavani
AU - Andriankaja, Mireille
AU - Wickremasinghe, Rajitha
AU - Pinidiyapathirage, Janani
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Thotagamuwa, Hikkaduwa in the southern coast of Sri Lanka was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 leaving the affected population with poor sanitation conditions and at risk to water borne diseases and vector borne diseases. The Thotagamuwa Tsunami Relief Environmental Health Program(THOTEN) is serving a community of four thousand households towards improving the quality of drinking water through chlorination and providing for hand washing with soap-the Safe Water System(SWS).The first monitoring and evaluation survey conducted after three months of interventions are revealing that the population is beginning to use the SWS introduced under the THOTEN program. It also revealed that numbers have increased in awareness of appropriate use of soap to wash hands. The paper describes the overall approach and methodology used and the preliminary results.
AB - Thotagamuwa, Hikkaduwa in the southern coast of Sri Lanka was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 leaving the affected population with poor sanitation conditions and at risk to water borne diseases and vector borne diseases. The Thotagamuwa Tsunami Relief Environmental Health Program(THOTEN) is serving a community of four thousand households towards improving the quality of drinking water through chlorination and providing for hand washing with soap-the Safe Water System(SWS).The first monitoring and evaluation survey conducted after three months of interventions are revealing that the population is beginning to use the SWS introduced under the THOTEN program. It also revealed that numbers have increased in awareness of appropriate use of soap to wash hands. The paper describes the overall approach and methodology used and the preliminary results.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84891318254
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891318254
SN - 9781843801191
T3 - Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference
SP - 518
EP - 520
BT - Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation
T2 - 2006 32nd WEDC International Conference: Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation
Y2 - 1 November 2006 through 1 November 2006
ER -