Environmental
and
Occupational
HealthCluster
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and
WATER:
Hygiene)
-Poor access – primary barrier to improved sanitation
-1,500 municipalities (455 are “waterless”)
-Rural Sanitary Inspector ratio per population 1: 20,000 (1:35,000)
-All Local Water System must have a water safety plan
-All Water Retailer and Refilling Stations must have a Initial and Operational Permits issued by DOH
RO12, and it must be regulated.
-95% of households with access to improved or safe water supply. Accessibility to this service will
decrease the incidence of food and water borne diseases.
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
WATER: Household w/ Access % Needs
- 95% of households North Cotabato 295,359 281,497 95.31 13,862 (4.7%)
with access to
Sarangani 122,903 105,427 85.78 17,476 (14.27%)
improved or safe
water supply. South Cotabato 209,958 200,773 95.63 9,185 (4.37%)
- Accessibility to this Sultan Kudarat 173,428 160,583 92.59 12,854 (7.41%)
service will decrease Cotabato City 83,171 83,171 100 -
the incidence of
General Santos City 104,757 91,268 87.12 13,489 (12.88%)
food and water
borne diseases.
(MDG)
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
WATER:
Target of households with safely managed water supply. (SDG)
2019 – 32.92% 2022 – 58.08% 2030 – 100%
2020 – 41.31% 2027 – 79.04%
2021 – 49.69%
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
WATER:
Water Refilling Station:
Cotabato City – 72
- 3 with initial permit (per record)
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Sanitation:
- Often a neglected aspect of development
- 2.5 billion people around the world lack access to improved sanitation facilities. 1
- Open defecation poses the greatest threat to human health
- In the Philippines 7 Million people defecate in open fields or waterways.
- Households using safety managed sanitation services.
- 100% of barangays with “Zero Open Defecation” status. Accessibility to these
services will decrease the incidence of food and water borne diseases, and soil
transmitted helminthiasis.
1 United Nations Children’s Fund and World Health Organization. (2012). Progress on drinking water and sanitation. New York:
UNICEF and WHO.
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Sanitation:
Household w/ Access % Needs
North Cotabato 295,359 241,712 81.84 53,647 (18.16%)
Sarangani 122,903 104,447 84.98 18,456 (15.02%)
South Cotabato 209,958 185,227 88.22 24,731 (11.78%)
Sultan Kudarat 173,428 144,011 83.04 29,417 (16.96%)
Cotabato City 83,171 66,405 79.84 16,766 (20.16%)
General Santos City 104,757 80,803 77.13 23,954 (22.87%)
1 United Nations Children’s Fund and World Health Organization. (2012). Progress on drinking water and sanitation. New York:
UNICEF and WHO.
Zero Open Defecation
- Part of Community-Led Total Sanitation
- Phase Approach To Sustainable Sanitation (DOH coming policy)
Primary Reason for OD (Research in Indonesia)1
1. Accessibility to and preference for open spaces like
flowing rivers, lakes, fields or forests
2. Tenure and ownership of lot.
3. Perceived low health risk.
1. Murherjee, N. (2011). Factors associated with achieving and sustaining open defecation free communities: East Java
experience. In Water and Sanitation Project Research Brief. Washington: world Bank
Zero Open Defecation
Major Factors that Sustained the Ideal Behavior of using Improved
Sanitation Facilities in Communities w/ ZOD: 1
1. Continued behavior monitoring by local leaders.
2. Functional and fair systems for sanctioning open
defecators.
3. Empowerment of households to acquire low-cost but
durable sanitation solution.
Philippines: Reasons for having a toilet
Safety, Convenience, Privacy and Status2
1. Murherjee, N. (2011). Factors associated with achieving and sustaining open defecation free communities: East Java
experience. In Water and Sanitation Project Research Brief. Washington: world Bank
2 UNICEF. (2013). Scaling up supply and demand for rural sanitation. UNICEF: Manila.
Zero Open Defecation
Aims to motivate people practicing open
defecation, to abandon such practice and
adopt a sound sanitation practices
through community wide initiatives that
emanate from the grassroots level.1
1 https://www.doh.gov.ph/sites/default/files/publications/Zero_Open_Defecation_Program.pdf
Regional ZOD Status as of June 2019 per LGU
51
46
44
39
35
25
21
19
15
12 12
9
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTH COTABATO SARANGANI SOUTH COTABATO SULTAN KUDARAT COTABATO CITY GENERAL SANTOS CITY REGION
2017 2018 2019
Zero Open Defecation Certification
1. Creation of Barangay Wash Team/Committee (EO or Resolution)
2. Self – verification and declaration (Barangay Level)
3. Letter to Municipal Wash Team for Verification
4. Verification by the Municipal Wash Team (may be accompanied by the provincial team)
5. Declaration as ZOD Barangay (w/ EO or Resolution).
6. Celebrate your ZOD status
WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Hygiene:
Handwashing – awareness of the importance is high but not practiced
In a research among mothers: 1
1 in 4 washes her hands after using the toilet
1 in 10 washes her hands before feeding a child
Among Children:2
Younger (5-9 y.o.) concern for health
Older (10-17 y.o.) for attraction and fear of being ostracized by classmates or being called
“dirty.”
1 food and Nutrition Research Institute. (2011). Infant and young child feeding baseline survey.
2 International Water Center. (2013). Field report: Initial findings from formative research. IWC:
Australia.
Integrated Helminthiaisis
Program
Mass Drugs Administration: Mass Drugs Administration:
1. Ascaris lumbricoides Albendazole 400 mg 1 tab 2x a year
2. Trichuris trichura (January and July) from 1 to 65 years old
3. Hookworm
a. Necatur Americanus
b. Acylostoma doudenale
"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do
evil, but because of those who
look on and do nothing."
Albert Einstein, physicist
