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For the point of use program in Indonesia, chlorination resulted in significantly better microbiologic quality of stored water and a lower, though not significant, proportion of children with diarrhea compared with boiling or use of bottled water. While in Bangladesh being a franchise requires constant negotiation between franchisor and franchisee and the dissemination of a new approach, such as including water treatment as a preventive measure, can be considered as a “diffusion of innovation.” In Malawi, antenatal clinic product distribution and health promotion appeared to be an effective hygiene behavior strategy for reaching rural, poor, less educated women in Malawi. Evidence of product purchase following program exit suggests that program benefits may be sustained. Ethiopia offers important lessons on how to slow the erosion of diarrhea prevention and treatment rates by investing in community health workers While in Uganda results suggest how mapping software can be used to house useful documents and other resources, and connect practitioners in the field for possible collaboration.

Session Objectives: In Indonesia, a program describes how to evaluate a point-of-use water treatment program and in Malawi a program demonstrates how to evaluate impact of programs that integrate safe water and hygiene interventions with antenatal care delivery systems. For diarrhea prevention and treatment one presenter evaluates whether or not franchising is an effective model for diffusion of new information to ensure consistent protocol adherence from service providers while in Ethiopia a platform was created at the community level to increase coverage of a combination of diarrhea prevention cornerstones and in Uganda mapping software is reviewed to see if it can be used to house useful documents and other resources, and connect practitioners in the field for possible collaboration.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)