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ICT enabled monitoring fosters greater accountability and improves WASH services in communities
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Kannan Nadar, Raphael N. NwozorUNICEF has been supporting the Ministry of Water Resources in the development & rolling-out of WASH Information Management System (WASHIMS) across Nigeria. WASHIMS is an user friendly tool for building, organizing and processing sector data for informed decision making. It has evolved from a stand-alone system in 2013 to an on-line web-based platform that now includes features for real time tracking. From only 12 Local Government Areas (LGA) using WASHIMS in 2013, presently there are 70 LGAs regularly operating it. Up-to-date data on the WASH situation is available for over 22,000 communities compared to only 2,600 in 2013. The introduction of real-time tracking of water point functionality has contributed to an increase in functionality from 56% to 71%, with one LGA reporting 98% functionality over 1 year. The widespread use of WASHIMS across the 70 LGAs has renewed interest among all sector players with potential for rapid scale-up across Nigeria.
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NADAR, K. and NWOZOR, R.N., 2016. ICT enabled monitoring fosters greater accountability and improves WASH services in communities. IN: Shaw, R.J. (ed). Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all: Proceedings of the 39th WEDC International Conference, Kumasi, Ghana, 11-15 July 2016, Briefing paper 2371, 6pp.Publisher
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