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Safe Water System (SWS) - Where Has the SWS Been Used? - Cameroon

map of cameroonProject Partners

  • Association Camerounaise Marketing Social (ACMS, associated with PSI)

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  • Ministry of Health, Cameroon

Target Populations and Location

  • Parents with children under five years throughout Cameroon.

Project Implementation Date

  • To be launched mid 2005.

Project Design

  • Social marketing.

  • Nationwide distribution and mass media advertising.

Intervention Elements

  • Sodium hypochlorite disinfectant produced locally in a 150 mL bottle. The brand name will be joint Sûr'Eau/WaterGuard for the French and English populations.

  • Social marketing of Sûr'Eau/WaterGuard.

Project Successes

  • Launch anticipated in mid-2005.

For More Information

 
 
Date: July 24, 2006
Content source: National Center for Infectious Diseases
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