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Participatory Project Evaluation of Community Action in Hygiene Promotion in Shandong Province

The Hai River Basin is one of the most polluted river systems in Shandong Province, PRC. This PDA helped improve the environmental hygiene practices of the many communities living along the river's tributaries to complement ADB's ongoing Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project that is helping to curb the river’s pollution.

 
PDA SNAPSHOT
Project Site Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
Cost Estimate $75,000.00
Status Completed
Approval Date 2005/11/10
Completion Date 13 December 2007
Category Urban Services
Type Public Awareness
Proponents Lyaziza Sabyrova, Kyrgyz Resident Mission
Sri Wening Handayani, East Asia Department
Partner Management Office of the Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project
BACKGROUND

In early 2006, ADB provided a loan for the Shandong Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project (SHRBPCP). The objective of the loan project is to improve environmental and social conditions in secondary cities and towns in the Hai River Basin to support planned urban development.

Until recently, environmental hygiene practices – such as those involving sullage and excreta disposal, food handling, waste disposal, and others – have not been given the importance it is due in water and environmental related programs. Water and sanitation programs frequently focus on the provision of hardware, missing out on the importance of hygiene awareness to realize the programs’ health benefits. For instance, hygiene behaviors linked with disease transmission need to be identified to formulate strategies for change.

Demonstrating the impact of hygiene promotion on public health and environmental improvement may be both time-consuming and costly, but addressing this is critical to optimize the impact of investment in water and sanitation.

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OBJECTIVE

Improve environmental hygiene practice to realize the health benefits from the implementation of SHRBPCP.

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EXPECTED RESULTS
  Outputs     Indicators  

  • Beneficiary assessment on sanitation and hygiene behavior completed
  • Benchmark data collected
  • Monitoring indicators developed
  • Awareness of target communities for sanitation and hygiene promotion improved
  • Capacity building for implementing agencies to incorporate hygiene promotion in the project design and implementation completed
  • Monitoring indicators and mechanism established

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REPORT CARD

This PDA was completed in December 2007. Read the Final Report [PDF].

  Achievements     Recommendations  

This PDA

  • Raised awareness among residents and villagers on the importance of better hygiene practices
  • Informed villagers of the causes, symptoms, ways of transmission and prevention, and treatment of water-borne diseases, including infectious diseases such as bird flu, AIDS, hepatitis, and venereal diseases
  • Produced and distributed publicity materials on hygiene promotion during awareness campaigns and trainings
  • Helped residents and villagers recognize the importance of the government’s Hai River Basin Pollution Control Project in protecting the environment and their community

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