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WASH Needs Assessment Report in Wusab Al Ali District of Dhamar Governorate (February 2019)

Countries
Yemen
Sources
RDP
Publication date

1. Executive Summary

This needs assessment was designed to be impartial, unbiased, comprehensive, context-sensitive, timely, and up-to-date. It provides sound evidence based on the existing WASH situation in Wusab Al Ali district of Dhamar Governorate in order to plan and prioritize the needs and adopt the appropriate and suitable methodology of intervention.

RDP along with Sulwan Foundation have conducted this WASH needs assessment from Jan 26 th to Feb 18th, 2019 in Wusab Al Aali district aiming to define and determine the WASH needs by providing in-depth WASH operational information, statistical data about the WASH needs, and preferences of the affected community.

Wusab Al Aali district of Dhamar Governorate is one of the top 10 cholera priority districts according to cholera response updates in January, 2019 from the Emergency Operation Room (EOR) and the epidemiological situation at district level which considered Wusab Al Aali to be at highly risk level. Wusab AlAali is also a district with socre-5 in WASH severity as indicated in Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2019.

There is a gap of WASH sanitary assessment and response interventions in Wusab Al Aali in Dhamar, where only the RRT teams with UNICEF are working in WASH. The sample included a total number of 204 HHs interviews in 62 sub-districts which are distributed into 8 Makhaleef; singular Mikhlaf which is an administrative division.