Evidence Action Is Committed To National Deworming Day Programme By Moh&fw

Evidence Action is committed and always looks for evidence of a solution that works, and then turn it into a scalable solution for millions of people, informs Priya Jha, Country Director, Evidence Action to Prabhat Prakash in an exclusive interaction

- Prabhat Prakash

What is Evidence Action's vision for the initiative of Dispensers for Safe Water and Deworm the World Initiative and the rationale behind these?

In India, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare leads the National Deworming Day (NDD) programme. As a technical partner to the Ministry, Evidence Action provides technical assistance to the national and state governments to implement, strengthen and sustain a high-quality NDD programme that leverages existing education and health infrastructure. The programme targets children and adolescents aged one to 19 years.

Dispensers for Safe Water is a programme which provides a simple solution to the problem of unsafe water in rural and remote communities. Chlorine dispensers are placed in the immediate vicinity of wells and other water sources. Community members go to their water source to fetch water, place their bucket under the dispenser, turn the valve to dispense a correctly measured amount of diluted chlorine, and then fill the bucket with water. The chlorine disinfects the water as the community member is walking home, and by the time he or she arrives, much of the chlorine smell has dissipated and they are left with clean and safe water.