The HIV/AIDS Millennium Development Goal: what water, sanitation and hygiene can do

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posted on 20.06.2012, 13:28 authored by Julie Fisher

This Briefing Note focuses on HIV/AIDS only. There are very few examples to date of the impact of water supply, sanitation and improved hygiene on the lives of those with this disease. However, its impact on health and the care of the sick is known and can be applied to HIV/AIDS and this evidence is presented here.

Funding

This note was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

History

School

Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Research Unit

Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

Citation

FISHER, J., 2004. The HIV/AIDS Millennium Development Goal: what water, sanitation and hygiene can do. WELL Briefing Note 5. Loughborough: WEDC, 2004.