The objective of this activity is to scale-up an output-based approach (OBA) to provide sanitation facilities (e.g., household latrines and hand washing devices) and hygienic behavioral changes (HBC) to about 100,000 poor families earning less than USD 30 per person per month, across ten provinces in Vietnam.

The project's eligibility for Subsidy Funding has been approved.

The impact of improved sanitation is significant, including:

• Health benefits from reduced exposure to environmental risks posed by unsanitary human waste disposal.
• Economic benefits from reduction of medical expenses to treat water-borne diseases, increased productivity and capacity to work due to fewer days off from work related to water-borne disease (i.e., especially for mothers of children under five who are prone to diarrhea). 

GPOBA will provide Technical Assistance and  Subsidy Funding for the project.

Toru Konishi