What Lessons for Sustainability of Maternal Health Interventions Can Be Drawn from Rural Water And Sanitation Projects? Perspectives from Eastern Uganda
Future Health Systems
Sustainability of health interventions is a global concern, as program benefits are lost as soon as programs lose donor funding. An assessment of the Uganda Rural Water and Sanitation (RUWASA) project revealed that program gains can be sustained decades later. The authors of this journal article analysed RUWASA implementation to draw sustainability lessons for maternal and child health interventions in Uganda and found that community engagement, contributions, use of structures and ownership of RUWASA was critical for the sustainability of the intervention.
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