Module 8: Sanitation
Due
to the variety and complexity of the topics related to sanitation, this module
will consist of a general glimpse of some of the most important issues of
sanitation. The material for each topic will consist of a video for each one.
As well as general readings that embraces the whole subjects of sanitation, in
order to get a full picture of the problematic involved. The study case for
this module will consist of an epidemic outbreak due to a poor sanitation
regarding an emergency situation.
1) The
term “sanitation" can be applied to a specific aspect, concept,
location, or strategy, such as the following issues:
Video: The history of sanitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfU9RHrz_Wk
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg-j-GxFWuw&feature=related
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKZwCOhAcs&feature=related
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH_lOG_01IA&feature=related
Video
1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zVASa0u9g&feature=related
Video
2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqNUTlY5foQ&feature=related
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzijgTZbARA&feature=related
Readings:
2) Inheriting the world: The atlas of children's
health and the environment (pp. 1-23)
More than three
million children die every year due to unhealthy environments. This atlas
tackles issues as diverse as the devastating and largely unknown impact of
indoor air pollution, the unfashionable yet huge tragedy of sanitation, and
complex emerging issues like climate change (By Bruce Gordon, Richard Mackay
and Eva Rehfuess, © World Health Organization
2004)
http://www.who.int/entity/ceh/publications/en/atlas.pdf
3) Meeting the MDG drinking-water and
sanitation target: the urban and rural challenge of the decade
The Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) have set us on a common course to push back poverty,
inequality, hunger and illness. The world has pledged to reduce by half the
proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and
basic sanitation. Entering the International Decade for Action, Water for Life,
2005–2015, this report looks at the challenge of meeting the MDG target
for drinking water and sanitation (World Health Organization and UNICEF, 2006).
http://www.who.int/entity/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmpfinal.pdf
4) While sometimes not considered a public
health priority, improvements to water supply, sanitation services, and hygiene
promotion greatly reduce the incidence of diarrheal diseases, trachoma, and
water-based parasitic diseases. Improvements to services are generally financed
by transportation or infrastructure sectors and not part of health
expenditures. However there are many steps public health policy makers can
take, at low-cost, to ensure that services and benefits are optimized (Disease
Control Priorities Project, 2007).
Water, Sanitation, and
Hygiene: Simple, Effective Solutions Save Lives
5) Sanitation in Rural Communities in Sonora, Mexico
Discussion Questions:
1) In general, what are the most significant issues for
rural communities regarding drinking wáter and sanitation?
2) More specifically, what are the most significant
issues for rural communities in Sonora, Mexico, regarding drinking wáter
and sanitation?
Bonus material:
The next video is not really part of the sanitation
material, but just something to think about. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWKYlufVa5U&feature=related