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Where
has the Safe Water System been used?
 Ecuador
Project
Partners - PAHO
- National
Subsecretariat of Tropical Medicine of the Ministry of Public Health
- Provincial
Directorates of Health
- Health
Area Offices
- Subsecretariat
of Environmental Sanitation of the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing
- Embassy
of the Netherlands
- USAID
Target
Populations/Location -
Populations
affected by the El Nino phenomenon in Guayas, El Oro, Los Rios, Manabi, and Galapagos
Provinces
Project
Design - Implementation
of a community-based project utilizing hypochlorite generators already existing,
but underutilized, in project communities
Intervention
Elements - Sodium
hypochlorite solution produced locally using appropriate technology
- Locally-produced,
20-liter plastic containers with spigots
- Community
education
Project
Start Date Results
of Project Evaluations - 24
hypochlorite production centers were established in 5 provinces
- A
network of production and distribution of sodium hypochlorite was created with
approximately 210 distribution centers in Ministry of Health facilities or houses
of health promoters or community health volunteers
- Approximately
200,000 persons have benefited from the project
- In
more than 50% of project households, water quality improved, with no detectable
colonies of fecal coliforms in stored water
- The
project has been incorporated into regular activities of the Provincial Health
Directorates
- The
project has also been incorporated into a newly created National Program of Water
Disinfection at the Household Level
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