Impact/Purpose:

Summary:

Our objective is to use rapid detection methods and community education to promote better health and hygiene practices that will ultimately reduce waterborne illnesses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania target population.

Description:

• Participated in the Uncommon Dialogue meeting, in which we were able to meet with local water authorities, tour various communities, and learn about the larger scale water challenges that unplanned communities face.
• Piloted rapid method in nine water samples, including water washed off the hands of mothers and source waters (collected at local well pumps). Compared bacteria concentrations measured with rapid method to concentrations detected by traditional, culture-based methods that currently are used to determine water quality in the United States.

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Final Progress Report

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2009

Completion Date:08/14/2010

Record ID: 249525

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Role :OWNER

Organization Name :UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES

Mailing Address :405 Hilgard Ave

Citation :Los Angeles

State :CA

Zip Code :90024

Project Information:

Approach :

We rapidly quantify bacterial contamination on hands and water storage units before/after sanitation or treatment practices with community members and use this immediate knowledge to promote better hygiene (e.g. hand-washing with alcohol-based sanitizers). These measurements will be conducted during sanitation workshops that are organized by our collaborators.

Cost :$10,000.00

Research Component :Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development

Project IDs:

ID Code :SU834299

Project type :EPA Grant