OCE432 Water, Sanitation and Health Syllabus:

OCE432 Water, Sanitation and Health Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

• Understand the accelerating health impacts due to the present managerial aspects and initiatives in water and sanitation and health sectors in the developing scenario

UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS WASH

Meanings and Definition: Safe Water- Health, Nexus: Water- Sanitation – Health and Hygiene – Equity issues-Water security – Food Security. Sanitation And Hygiene (WASH) and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – Need and Importance of WASH

UNIT II MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACT

Third World Scenario – Poor and Multidimensional Deprivation–Health Burden in Developing Scenario -Factors contribute to water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases-Social: Social Stratification and Literacy Demography: Population and Migration- Fertility – Mortality- Environment: Water Borne-Water Washed and Water Based Diseases – Economic: Wage – Water and Health Budgeting -Psychological: Non-compliance – Disease Relapse – Political: Political Will.

UNIT III CHALLENGES IN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Common Challenges in WASH – Bureaucracy and Users- Water Utilities -Sectoral Allocation:- Infrastructure- Service Delivery: Health services: Macro and Micro- level: Community and Gender Issues- Equity Issues – Paradigm Shift: Democratization of Reforms and Initiatives.

UNIT IV GOVERNANCE

Public health -Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning (CHA/CHIP)-Infrastructure and Investments on Water, (WASH) – Cost Benefit Analysis – Institutional Intervention-Public Private Partnership – Policy Directives – Social Insurance -Political Will vs Participatory Governance

UNIT V INITIATIVES

Management vs Development -Accelerating Development- Development Indicators -Inclusive Development-Global and Local- Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and Targets – Five Year Plans – Implementation – Capacity Building – Case studies on WASH.

OUTCOMES:

CO1 Capture to fundamental concepts and terms which are to be applied and understood all through the study.
CO2 Comprehend the various factors affecting water sanitation and health through the lens of third world scenario.
CO3 Critically analyse and articulate the underlying common challenges in water, sanitation and health.
CO4 Acquire knowledge on the attributes of governance and its say on water sanitation and health.
CO5 Gain an overarching insight in to the aspects of sustainable resource management in the absence of a clear level playing field in the developmental aspects.

REFERENCES

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3. National Research Council. Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
4. Sen, Amartya 1997. On Economic Inequality. Enlarged edition, with annex by JamesFoster and Amartya Sen, Oxford: Claredon Press, 1997.
5. Intersectoral Water Allocation Planning and Management, 2000, World Bank Publishers www.Amazon.com
6. Third World Network.org (www.twn.org).