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Work plan Q4-2007 to Q3-2011

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Year 5

1.1 Establish contractual, financial and administrative management of the project at NIHE, obtain necessary
approvals and sign agreement on development research co-operation with partner institutions and the RWSS-NTPII

1.2 Conduct project management and other administrative workshops and courses at partner institutions and in study province

1.3 Establish and maintain a web-based project management tool

1.4 Plan, organize and report from meetings and workshops

1.5 Coordinate research and establish lines of communication between projects and RWSS-NTPII.

2.1 Coordinate ongoing research and RWSS-NTPII activities

2.2 Collect secondary data for study communes

2.3 Select study communes

2.4 Critical review of final research designs

2.5 Develop research protocols

2.6 Assess research capacity and training needs of partner institutions and study communes

2.7 Conduct baseline studies

3.1 Conduct assessment of needs for capacity building including courses in basic methodological skills and needs for equipment

3.2 Prepare teaching and course materials in English and Vietnamese

3.3 Conduct training courses, incl training of trainers, in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies

4.1 Conduct baseline survey

4.2 Assess impact of sanitary interventions

4.3 Assess impact of water supply interventions

4.4 Assess impact of food hygiene and animal waste interventions

4.5 Assess impact of hygiene promotion interventions

4.6 Assess impact of interventions on diarrhoea incidence

5.1 Determine incidence, aetiology and risk factors of specific diarrhoea-causing pathogens in children

5.2 Conduct studies to assess helminth re-infection rates

6.1 Conduct detailed hygiene observations of drinking storage practices and assess microbiological drinking water quality in study households

6.2 Identify and assess the efficiency and feasibility of different interventions in reducing faecal pollution of drinking water

6.3 Conduct detailed hygiene observations of food hygiene practices and assess microbiological food quality in study households

6.4 Identify and assess the efficiency and feasibility of different interventions in reducing faecal pollution of foods at household level

6.5 Discuss faecal pollution levels in drinking water and foods in relation to Vietnamese and international guidelines

7.1 Conduct baseline studies of how human excreta and animal wastes are handled and used as fertilizer in agriculture

7.2 Conduct in-depth studies of people’s perceptions of the use of human excreta in agriculture and hygienic aspects
of excreta taking into consideration ethnic differences

7.3 Propose improved sustainable hygienic ways to handle human excreta and animal wastes and when used in agriculture

8.1 Document and describe the hygiene practices at household and community level as well as the community perceived
associations between hygiene and human health

8.2.1 Assess the importance of hygiene promotional activities in shaping the perceptions, practices and knowledge of hygiene

8.2.2 Pilot alternative means of hygiene communication for specific target groups

9.1 Establish and maintain a SANIVAT website

9.2 Conduct courses and other training, e.g. individual, on how to disseminate research findings to national scientific
journals, at scientific conferences and in peer-reviewed international journals as well as to non-scientist stakeholders, e.g. the public

9.3 Initiate and maintain communication with key stakeholders and end-users of project results at national and international level

9.4 Publish biannual SANIVAT newsletter and research briefs

9.5 Establish possibilities for other national and international institutions to conduct research at the provincial study sites

Work plan Q4-2007 to Q3-2011