COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control through an Integrated Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health Approach

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will strengthen capacity and foster multisector collaboration in Asian Development Bank (ADB) developing member countries (DMCs) to promote better integration of water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH+H) to prevent, detect, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and other water- and sanitation-related public health emergencies. The TA, through its outputs, will direct resources toward (i) supporting the scaling up and effective integration of COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC) as well as impact mitigation WASH+H activities into ADB projects in the social sectors (e.g., health, education, social protection) and in the water and urban sectors (e.g., water supply, sanitation, wastewater, and solid waste management); and (ii) promoting multisector and multi-stakeholder awareness raising, knowledge and capacity building, policy dialogue, and strategy development.The TA is part of the ADB's Comprehensive Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and is included in the 2020 ADB Management-approved results-based work plan of ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). On a demand-driven basis, the TA will help ADB's water, social, and urban sector operations achieve Strategy 2030, particularly operational priority 1: addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities