Abstract
In December 1999,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cooperative for Assistance and
Relief Everywhere,Peru Country Office (CARE Peru),initiated the Urban Environmental Health Project (SAU,in
Spanish) to strengthen environmental public health services in urban and periurban settlements in Peru. The project
received funding from the Woodruff Foundation as part of the CARE-CDC Health Initiative (CCHI). The ‘‘Protocol
for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health’’ (PACE EH) guided the development of a community
environmental public health assessment (CEHA) process in Cardozo,a settlement in Iquitos,Peru. The project
developed a three-phase process that merged scientific understanding and community perception about local
environmental health problems. In phase 1,local environmental health technicians assisted the community in
understanding environmental health conditions in Cardozo and selecting priorities. During phase 2,local technicians
assessed the community-selected priorities: water and sanitation. Results from recent water quality assessments
revealed that 82% (9 of 11) of samples from shallow dug wells,18% (2 of 11) from deeper drilled wells, and 61% (11/
18) from household drinking containers were positive for thermotolerant coliforms. Phase 3 activities produced an
action plan and an intervention to mitigate health problems associated with inadequate water and sanitation services in
the Cardozo community. As a result of the CEHA process,CARE Peru obtained funding from the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop and implement an environmental health risk monitoring
system and the proposed water and sewage intervention in the settlement. CDC continues to provide technical
assistance to the local environmental health services groups in Iquitos through an agreement with CARE Peru as part
of the USAID-funded Urban Environmental Health Models Project (MUSA). Technical assistance activities and the
development of the environmental health risk monitoring system have helped to strengthen the local environmental
public health services delivery system.
AbstractIn December 1999,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cooperative for Assistance andRelief Everywhere,Peru Country Office (CARE Peru),initiated the Urban Environmental Health Project (SAU,inSpanish) to strengthen environmental public health services in urban and periurban settlements in Peru. The projectreceived funding from the Woodruff Foundation as part of the CARE-CDC Health Initiative (CCHI). The ‘‘Protocolfor Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health’’ (PACE EH) guided the development of a communityenvironmental public health assessment (CEHA) process in Cardozo,a settlement in Iquitos,Peru. The projectdeveloped a three-phase process that merged scientific understanding and community perception about localenvironmental health problems. In phase 1,local environmental health technicians assisted the community inunderstanding environmental health conditions in Cardozo and selecting priorities. During phase 2,local techniciansassessed the community-selected priorities: water and sanitation. Results from recent water quality assessmentsrevealed that 82% (9 of 11) of samples from shallow dug wells,18% (2 of 11) from deeper drilled wells, and 61% (11/18) from household drinking containers were positive for thermotolerant coliforms. Phase 3 activities produced anaction plan and an intervention to mitigate health problems associated with inadequate water and sanitation services inthe Cardozo community. As a result of the CEHA process,CARE Peru obtained funding from the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID) to develop and implement an environmental health risk monitoringsystem and the proposed water and sewage intervention in the settlement. CDC continues to provide technicalassistance to the local environmental health services groups in Iquitos through an agreement with CARE Peru as partof the USAID-funded Urban Environmental Health Models Project (MUSA). Technical assistance activities and thedevelopment of the environmental health risk monitoring system have helped to strengthen the local environmentalpublic health services delivery system.
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