How does CDC support SWS projects?
CDC’s role in all of the SWS projects is to provide technical assistance. If funding is not available we provide assistance via our web page, telephone conversations, and email support. If funding is available, we can travel to project sites and provide assistance locally. We can meet with government representatives and work with local producers to start production of the bleach and safe water vessels. We can help with project implementation and training. We can complete epidemiological surveys or water quality analyses. We can also complete a field trial of the intervention, which includes a baseline survey about water and sanitation knowledge, attitudes, and practices, implementation of the intervention in a targeted population, and then a study of product adoption and the impact of the intervention on water quality and diarrhea rates.
