Impact of WaSH Project on Rural Households’ Health: The Case of Ethiopian Kale-Hiwot Church WaSH Project in Gimbichu District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Region

T.M. Mekasha¹ , M.Y. Tilahun² , D.K. Tekelie³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.8 , pp.23-30, Aug-2021

Online published on Aug 31, 2021

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Abstract :
the study aimed to examine the impact of water, sanitation, and hygiene project on water access, the prevalence of water-borne diseases, sanitation, and hygiene practices of rural households in Gimbichu District, East Shewa Zone of Oromia Region. The findings of the study depend on 350 randomly selected rural households from three project interventions and two non-project intervention kebeles. It engaged Propensity Score Marching methods in order to measure the estimated average treatment effect of the project on outcome variables. Therefore, the finding has made a significant impact on water access and the distance of water sources, where project beneficiaries have an average of 7.6 additional litter of water per day with 0.96Km reduced distance. Similarly, the project has made a significant contribution to improving access to toilet, liquid and solid waste discarding services where project users have a 14.7% increase to access toilet service and a 42.2 % increase to access solid and liquid waste disposal structures. Prevalence of water-borne diseases significantly reduced where participants experience on average 44.10% lower cases. In general, the Kale-Hiwot Church water, sanitation, and hygiene project have made a significant contribution to improving water access in nearby villages, locally standardized toilets, solid and liquid west disposal system which have a direct implication to enhance the health status of the family. The project needs extra initiatives to maintain water access standards, scale up to address non-intervention areas, and document best practices for further lessons.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Propensity Score Matching,Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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