Watershed Interventions for Systems Health (WISH)
Where:
Fiji
What we aim to achieve:
Water-borne diseases are endemic in Fiji with 20 reported typhoid outbreaks since 2005, an outbreak of dengue affecting 27,000 in 2013-14 and a three-fold increase in leptospirosis since 2016. This project seeks to optimise water, sanitation and catchment management, improve outbreak response and minimise the impact of water-borne diseases.
How we will achieve it:
By developing and testing real-time mobile tools to optimise water, sanitation and catchment management and training cross-sectoral teams to improve outbreak response.
Partners:
- University of Sydney
- Edith Cowan University
- Fiji Ministry of Health & Medical Services
- Fiji National University
- World Health Organisation, Geneva
Additional Donor:
- Bloomberg Philanthropies Vibrant Oceans Initiative
Funding:
$2,010,000
Program Manager:
For more information:
- Project Website
- Twitter Channel
- Facebook Channel
- Instagram Channel
- University of Sydney Press Release
- Planetary Health Alliance Case Study on WISH Fiji project
- University of Sydney News Story on Alliance Case Study
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