Publication: Enabling Environment Assessment and Baseline for Scaling Up Handwashing Programs : Tanzania
Date
2008-04
ISSN
Published
2008-04
Author(s)
Hooks, Carol
Abstract
To follow up country work supported by
the Public-Private Partnership for Hand-washing (PPPHW), the
World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) received
funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to
support projects to scale up the promotion of hand-washing
with soap (HWWS) in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
The major project objectives of the hand-washing initiative
are: i) inculcate the HWWS habit among millions of mothers
and children in these countries; ii) use a strong monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) component to enhance the
conceptualizing and management of such programs; and iii)
establish sustainable programs that will continue and expand
after this four-year grant ends. Enabling environment
assessments were carried out in all four countries to assess
current conditions for scalability and sustainability and to
make recommendations for improving conditions that are not
supportive. This report summarizes the study in Tanzania.
All of the country studies followed a similar methodology,
developed by the WSP, to examine nine dimensions of
scalability/sustainability through individual and group
in-depth interviews and a survey in which respondents are
asked to score various statements. The project also engages
other relevant ministries. Planning, site selection,
implementation, and capacity building are being done in
consultation with the appropriate government agencies, and
the private sector and civil society are being engaged as
partners. This four-year project (1.5 years of planning, 2
years of implementation, and 6 months of evaluation)
launched with a group of core partners in December 2006, and
is expected to take place in 10 districts. The assessment
methodology, findings, and recommendations that result from
this assessment are documented in this report.
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Citation
“Hooks, Carol. 2008. Enabling Environment Assessment and Baseline for Scaling Up Handwashing Programs : Tanzania. Water and Sanitation Program;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17312 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”