{"id":64534,"date":"2026-03-13T17:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/?page_id=64534"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:49:23","slug":"water-sanitation-and-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/water-sanitation-and-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1gua, saneamento e higiene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00c1gua, saneamento e higiene<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Two billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and 3.6 billion people do not have access to safely managed sanitation. Additionally, 2 billion people do not have access to handwashing facilities with soap. Every day, more than 700 children die from water-related illnesses.<\/p>

Access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) is crucial for public health, impacting child development, educational outcomes, and economic productivity. By ensuring equitable access to services, WASH interventions improve community resilience against diseases and environmental challenges.<\/p>

PSI collaborates with local communities, governments, and private sector partners to create sustainable WASH market systems, ensuring accessible, affordable, and appealing solutions, allowing people to live happier, healthier lives.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Approach<\/span>
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We support the private sector to lead market growth <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>by <\/span>strengthening<\/span> a <\/span>capacidade<\/span> and coordination of <\/span>supply chain actors <\/span>para <\/span>develop <\/span>viable<\/span> businesses in the <\/span>sanitation<\/span> sector. <\/span>This enables them to<\/span> ensure the<\/span> supply <\/span>and marketing of<\/span> desirable, affordable, and resilient WASH products and services, such as toilets and pit emptying services, beyond the life of any program.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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We create consumer demand<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> by <\/span>designing interventions based on consumer insights. We support<\/span> market <\/span>actors<\/span> to offer more affordable <\/span>and desirable <\/span>services<\/span> that are convenient to access for consumers, <\/span>engag<\/span>e<\/span> the pu<\/span>blic sector to more use evidence-based approaches for behavior change<\/span>,<\/span> and work through local champions and leaders to influence social norms.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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We strengthen the enabling environment<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> for <\/span>equitable<\/span> WASH markets<\/span> at the national and local level<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> This includes <\/span>influencing the<\/span> financial and regulatory enabling environment for WASH market players to perform successfully<\/span>. We<\/span> engag<\/span>e<\/span> e<\/span> support<\/span> governments to shift policy and more effectively direct resources to catalyze private investment and ensure ac<\/span>cess to the most vulnerable <\/span>populations<\/span> while<\/span> strengthening <\/span>data collection and\u00a0<\/span><\/span> monitoring systems<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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We <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>facilitate<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> access to consumer and business finance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> by working through existing financial institutions, <\/span>such as<\/span> banks, microfinance institutions, and community<\/span>-<\/span>level savings groups to <\/span>offer new<\/span> financial products that are designed for the WASH sector<\/span> and more likely to be accessed by small-scale enterprises and low-income consumers.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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We commit to institutionalizing our approaches within local organizations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> by<\/span> working through local training institutions, government processes and programs, and <\/span>community-based organizations. <\/span>We work <\/span>alongside local entities <\/span>and build their <\/span>capacidade<\/span> para <\/span>plan, budget for, <\/span>implement,<\/span> e <\/span>monitor<\/span> market-based WASH programming.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Creating Sustainable <\/span>
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PSI works to build and strengthen systems that support sanitation markets\u2019 long-term growth and resilience. Some of the ways PSI is creating sustainable sanitation solutions for people include strengthening the private sector, generating demand, engaging government actors, and introducing improved sanitation products into the market.<\/p>

Explore how we are putting these strategies into practice.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more than a decade, PSI has worked to solve one of the world\u2019s intractable problems \u2013 poor access to hygienic sanitation. Our goal is to develop 10 inclusive sanitation markets, where 30 million people will have access to healthier, safer, more productive lives by strengthening market systems that enable access for all. To deliver on our vision, partnerships are critical to drive lasting change.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Join us on this exciting, yet critical journey to close the gap in access to safe, <\/span>clean<\/span> and affordable sanitation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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O nosso<\/span>
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A White Paper on Measurement and learning for Catalytic Programs in the Development and Humanitarian Sectors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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