Key personnel trained on responding to water, hygiene needs during emergencies

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Participants with their certificates at the end of the training at the Civil Defence Commission headquarters, Georgetown.
Participants with their certificates at the end of the training at the Civil Defence Commission headquarters, Georgetown.

Twenty persons in key sectors were trained last week to improve the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) response to emergencies during disasters.

The two-day training, which ended last Thursday, was co-organized by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Civil Defence Commission and UNICEF. It focused on standardized WaSH preparedness and response plans, contingency planning, WaSH sector coordination. Key WaSH preparedness actions for the main crises in Guyana were identified.