WASH: Interventions for monastic schools in Myanmar

By addressing water, sanitation and hygiene, it is hoped that the burden of disease transmitted by the faecal-oral route (notably, diarrhoea) is reduced. Childhood diarrhoea is associated with significant morbidity (e.g. malnutrition, respiratory infection) and mortality. Poor sanitation can also contribute to school absences, especially among girls, and reduced learning outcomes.

More than 300,000 children attend monastic schools which generally charge no fees and cater for some of the poorest children from very remote and marginalised populations.

Baseline Study

Burnet conducted a large baseline study of over 120 monastic schools as part of the initial needs analysis.

Monitoring and evaluation data was also used to explore in more depth what WASH approaches work well, and in which settings, and to describe important non-health impacts of WASH.

By addressing water, sanitation and hygiene, it is hoped that the burden of disease transmitted by the faecal-oral route (notably, diarrhoea) is reduced. Childhood diarrhoea is associated with significant morbidity (e.g. malnutrition, respiratory infection) and mortality. Poor sanitation can also contribute to school absences, especially among girls, and reduced learning outcomes.

More than 300,000 children attend monastic schools which generally charge no fees and cater for some of the poorest children from very remote and marginalised populations.