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Water & Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Water

Beneficiaries of the USAID water project in Khan Younis, Gaza.

"Water Is Life"

Approximately 70,000 Palestinians living in Khan Younis, a large city located in the southern part of Gaza, have suffered from severe water shortages for years.

Children experience clean water running through their hands.

Delivering Safe Water to Save Lives

Lilik Amana shows off her new piped-water connection.

Safe Water, Sanitation Reaching Indonesia's Urban Poor

Girls in Jerash pose in front of their school’s storage tank that is painted to look like an aquarium.

Water from a Stone: Jordanians Stretch Meager Resources to Sustain Syrian Refugees

Young men from Zulpuev municipality clear the irrigation canal so thousands of farmers can receive water to maintain their crop

Water and Hope Flow Back into Kyrgyzstan's Hard-Hit South

Workers fuse pipes together in Goma.

A New Life for Goma's Water System

School children in Khatlon enjoy their first taste of drinking water outside their school.

In Tajikistan, 'Little Drops Make the River'

USAID project staff regularly test the water downstream to check for traces of slurry.

Keeping West Bank Trade (Not Slurry) Flowing

Testing water in a laboratory

Becoming Jordan's Water Experts

USAID’s partnership with the Bauchi State Water and Sewerage Corporation is bringing real hope for improved water and sanitation

Your Voice: Reversing Water Losses in Africa

Tenants in Nakuru enjoy the convenience and affordability of using public prepaid meters. Jane Maina was one the first landlords

Can Water Meters Ease Kenya's Supply Woes?

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Students prepare to take part in a mapping survey at Pav Primary School in Rattanakiri.

Wiping Snail Fever Off Cambodia's Map - by Drawing It On

WIth USAID support, Cambodia is enlisting many – including school children – on a mission to wipe out the infection that can lead to debilitating illness, malnutrition and cognitive difficulties.

Children wash their hands in Ghana, where USAID supports prevention and treatment of trachoma, a blinding eye disease.

An End in Sight to Ghana's Trachoma Story

A Yumbe survey team learns how to use electronic tablets to collect data on trachoma.

Trachoma vs. Technology

Johnie Pierre, 13, is one of thousands of Haitian children to receive shoes through the Haiti Neglected Tropical Disease Control

Drug-Shoe Combination Aims to Stomp Out Haiti’s Neglected Diseases

Kids access the Internet in rural West Sumatra.

The Broadband Caravan