The PHAST Initiative - Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation: A New Approach to Working with Communities (UNDP - WB

The PHAST Initiative - Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation: A New Approach to Working with Communities (UNDP - WB - WHO, 1997, 43 p.)

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List of acronyms

Introduction

Acknowledgements

1. What is PHAST?

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Health awareness and understanding - a basic premise

Health-related community development principles of PHAST

New principles on hygiene and sanitation promotion

SARAR - the underlying methodology

Key factors needed for effective participation

2. How PHAST began

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Working principles of the partnership

The selection of countries

Two creative workshops

Field testing

Monitoring and evaluation

3. The impact on communities

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Examples of impact

Common achievements of the pilot phase

The impact on extension workers

4. The lessons learned

On behaviour change

On the requirements for success

On how to start

On how to sustain

On how to expand

5. The future and the potential of PHAST

Annexes

Annex A. Synopses of experiences in pilot countries

Annex B. List of collaborating institutions

Annex C. List of persons involved in the PHAST pilot phase

Annex D. Participatory approaches to water and sanitation change: the roles of PROWWESS and SARAR

Back Cover

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WHO/EOS/96.11
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

World Health Organization
Geneva

UNDP-World Bank Water
and Sanitation Program

Prepared by Mayling Simpson-Hebert, Ron Sawyer and Lucy Clarke as an information document to the water supply and sanitation sector.

Front cover illustration by Victoria Francis

Photography by Mayling Simpson-Hebert

The PHAST initiative is a joint project of WHO and the
UNDP/World Bank Water and Sanitation Program.

Botswana: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing

Kenya: Ministry of Health, CARE-Kenya, Kenya Water and Health Organization (KWAHO)

Uganda: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Minerals, Rural Water and Sanitation Programme (RUWASA), Katwe Urban Pilot Project (KUPP), WaterAid

Zimbabwe: Ministry of Health, Department of Environmental Health, Rural District Council (RDC), Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (Agritex), Ministry of National Affairs, Employment Creation and Cooperatives (MNAECC), Africare, PLAN International, Mvuramanzi Trust Zimbabwe, Lutheran World Federation

UNICEF country offices in Botswana, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Network for Water and Sanitation (NETWAS)

Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD)

Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

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The PHAST Initiative: Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation
A New Approach to Working with Communities
1997, vi + 39 pages [E, F, S]
WHO/EOS/96.11
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