Designing and piloting a program to provide water filters and improved cookstoves in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In environmental health interventions addressing water and indoor air quality, multiple determinants contribute to adoption. These may include technology selection, technology distribution and education methods, community engagement with behavior change, and duration and magnitude of implementer engagement. In Rwanda, while the country has the fastest annual reduction in child mortality in the world, the population is still exposed to a disease burden associated with environmental health challenges. Rwanda relies both on direct donor funding and coordination of programs managed by international non-profits and health sector businesses working on these challenges.

Methods and findings

This paper describes the design, implementation and outcomes of a pilot program i

SUBMITTER: Barstow CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3967988 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature