Projects
Drinking safe water
Even if households have access to safe water (safe water = free from microbiological or chemical contaminants), several obstacles might prevent them from drinking safe water:
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They prefer to go to the unsafe well because they are used to it, or it is nearer, or the water is cheaper
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They collect safe water, but their transportation and storage containers or their drinking devices are unsafe
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They do not use any water disinfection technique
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We analyze the psychosocial and contextual drivers of not performing these behaviors and develop interventions focusing on exactly these drivers.
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Projects
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2013-2016 | Testing behavior change strategies promoting chlorination of drinking water to prevent cholera in Chad (WHO) | more information
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2016 | Promoting solar water disinfection in Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Zimbabwe (EU)
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2016 | Improving transport and safe storage of drinking water in Benin (GIZ) | more information
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2016 | Promoting household and community filter use for fluoride removal in Ethiopia (SDC)
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Promoting use of arsenic-free water sources in Bangladesh