emergency to have access to essential The population facing heightened risks of WASH services. Timely identification of disease outbreaks due to limited or no WASH needs and associated health risks WASH services, including prolonged IDPs through coordinated needs assessment and and returnees and Pakistani refugees living analysis of data and close monitoring of in Afghanistan will also be provided with the situation will inform the AWC in appropriate assistance. The AWC is planning and executing responses that can committed to provide WASH services to prevent spread of diseases, protect dignity returnee families at the border and transit and alleviate suffering that might be points. To ensure the effectiveness of the caused due to lack of access to WASH inter-related services, AWC also includes services. This includes community the institutions that are providing essential mobilization, awareness creation among health, nutrition and education services to affected population and advocacy and emergency affected population. tailored WASH service delivery. Life-saving WASH interventions take As in previous years, about half of the precedence over durable or longer-term population needing WASH assistance are solutions. Such interventions will include: expected to receive such support from distribution of family hygiene and water existing systems and infrastructure kits complemented by hygiene promotion; including the ensuring access to a minimum of 15 litres government’s disaster management programmes and ongoing of drinking water per person per day and national priority initiatives such as the provision of emergency latrines to prevent of 2,334,356 people open defecation. Every effort will be made Citizen’s Charter. Out in need, AWC is targeting a total of to ensure that the WASH facilities are 1,137,000 people (48.7%) for HRP 2017, culturally appropriate and gender sensitive. among which 49.33% are female. Recently The main purpose of WASH assistance in displaced conflict IDPs, returnees from emergencies is to prevent the spread of Pakistan, people affected by natural water and sanitation related diseases. disasters and over-strained communities The durable solutions will be applied as hosting returnees and IDPs will be targeted second priority in areas with prolonged for immediate life-saving assistance. A IDPs, returnees and communities facing particular focus will be given to public health risks including those with a where the majority of returnees are higher burden of severely and acutely settling. malnourished children. AWC DETAIL OPERATIONAL PLAN - HRP 2017 WASH response in emergency (WCO - 1 & 2)
emergency to have access to essential WASH services. Timely identification of WASH needs and associated health risks through coordinated needs assessment and analysis of data and close monitoring of the situation will inform the AWC in planning and executing responses that can prevent spread of diseases, protect dignity and alleviate suffering that might be caused due to lack of access to WASH services. This includes community mobilization, awareness creation among affected population and advocacy and tailored WASH service delivery. As in previous years, about half of the population needing WASH assistance are expected to receive such support from existing systems and infrastructure including the government’s disaster management programmes and ongoing national priority initiatives such as the Citizen’s Charter. Out of 2,334,356 people in need, AWC is targeting a total of 1,137,000 people (48.7%) for HRP 2017, among which 49.33% are female. Recently displaced conflict IDPs, returnees from Pakistan, people affected by natural disasters and over-strained communities hosting returnees and IDPs will be targeted for immediate life-saving assistance. A particular focus will be given to where the majority of returnees are settling. The population facing heightened risks of disease outbreaks due to limited or no WASH services, including prolonged IDPs and returnees and Pakistani refugees living in Afghanistan will also be provided with appropriate assistance. The AWC is committed to provide WASH services to returnee families at the border and transit points. To ensure the effectiveness of the inter-related services, AWC also includes the institutions that are providing essential health, nutrition and education services to emergency affected population. Life-saving WASH interventions take precedence over durable or longer-term solutions. Such interventions will include: distribution of family hygiene and water kits complemented by hygiene promotion; ensuring access to a minimum of 15 litres of drinking water per person per day and provision of emergency latrines to prevent open defecation. Every effort will be made to ensure that the WASH facilities are culturally appropriate and gender sensitive. The main purpose of WASH assistance in emergencies is to prevent the spread of water and sanitation related diseases. The durable solutions will be applied as second priority in areas with prolonged IDPs, returnees and communities facing public health risks including those with a higher burden of severely and acutely malnourished children. AWC DETAIL OPERATIONAL PLAN - HRP 2017 WASH response in emergency (WCO - 1 & 2)
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