Expanding Access to Safe Water in Nigeria

Facilitators will collaborate with local leaders, WASH officials and health facility staff in conducting community demonstrations introducing the chlorine product (WaterGuard+) to communities in the treatment group. Local leaders in the community will organize the meeting, while facilitators in the country will demonstrate how to use the product, what the correct dosage is, and explain the importance of water treatment. They will also show how village water is contaminated with Ecoli. These meetings will be targeted at eligible women (pregnant women and women with children under the age of 5), however all members of the community will be invited to attend. At the meeting, each attendee will be given one bottle of WaterGuard+, which is enough to treat drinking water for a household of 5 members for about a month, and 1,000 naira. Water Guard + is a 180g bottle of sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) in granulated / powder form, produced and distributed by the Society for Family Health.

Study staff will set up at least one chlorine redemption point for each community. The location of the redemption point will be determined in consultation with the local community during Community Demonstrations. The redemption points could be health facilities, local shops/dispensaries/kiosks, local pharmacies, house of the village leader, CHW, or health staff or other suitable sites. Households will be able to visit the location and redeem a month's supply of a chlorine product. Distributors will use a redemption log to keep track of when participants redeem the chlorine product.