It is estimated that 2.2 billion people do not have an access to safely managed drinking water services while 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. These statistics are worrying and the continued increase of unsafe hygiene practices is a health hazard to many people across the globe. The impacts of poor sanitation and hygiene practices have led to an increase in child mortality rates with more than 297,000 children under five years dying from diseases such as diarrhoea which is caused by poor, sanitation and hygiene drinking unsafe water.

Thus, effective intervention is needed to reduce the spread of such diseases which will alleviate suffering and ultimately save lives. When more people such as local emergency response workers develop a good understanding of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) strategies more lives will be saved. To help in these efforts, Humanitarian Global has worked with the world’s best WASH specialists to develop a comprehensive online diploma programme in WASH that will help participants to acquire enhanced knowledge and expertise in this practice area.

1.0 Module 1 – Water Quality Issues

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Water Safety Plans

1.3 Water Treatment

1.4 Water Quality Surveillance & Testing

Module 1 Assignment Questions

2.0 Module 2 – Sanitation

2.1 Sanitation in Schools

2.2 Emergency Sanitation

2.3 Sustainable Sanitation

2.4 Sanitation Link to Health, Nutrition, Agriculture & Food Security

Module 2 Assignment Questions

3.0 Module 3 – Hygiene & Disease Transmission

3.1 Hygiene Improvement

3.2 Disease Transmission Routes & The F-Diagram

3.3 Hygiene Perspectives at Household Level

3.4 Hygiene Perspectives at Community Level

Module 3 Assignment Questions

4.0 Module 4 – Hygiene Types

4.1 Personal Hygiene

4.2 Environmental Hygiene

4.3 Domestic Hygiene

4.4 Food Hygiene

Module 4 Assignment Questions

Final Project

• Introduction to WASH and learn more about water quality issues.
• Develop in-depth understanding about sanitation in schools and emergencies.
• Understand appropriate sanitation and hygiene practices in our communities
• Understand about the linkage between sanitation, health, nutrition, agriculture and food security.
• Learn more about hygiene and disease transmission.
• Gain knowledge about the various types of Hygiene

• A minimum of a high school education certificate or an equivalent based on your country’s education system.
• Prerequisite knowledge in this study area.
• English Proficiency

$1000