Maintaining village water pumps by women volunteers in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11491863 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bilqis Amin Hoque (0000-0002-6252-9554, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, corresponding author), KMA AZIZ (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Zahid Hasan (0000-0002-3824-8947, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), M Y Patwary (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), MK PATWARY |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-180 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/6.2.176 |
| OpenAlex | W2032689500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Sixty-three women in the district of Mirzapur, Bangladesh, were trained as voluntary pump caretakers using 21 Tara handpumps. They received 6 hours classroom training and 2 hours of practical training. When evaluated over a 15-month period the pumps maintained by the women volunteers functioned as well as those maintained by trained pump mechanics. These findings are significant as an indication of how rural water supply can be sustained and integrated with women's own development.
Economics · Geography · Management · Operations management · Socioeconomics · Training (meteorology) · Turnover · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1999 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |