Chiuta Residents’ Health Improves after DMDO’s WASH intervention.
Chiuta Dispensary Confirms the Change
Sharifa Amlima, healthcare worker maintaining hygiene at Chiuta Dispensary in service delivery
Since Chiuta village gained access to clean and safe water together with sanitation and hygiene education from DMDO in 2024, health of residents has visibly improved. Statistics show that waterborne diseases which previously troubled the community are decreasing due to access to clean, safe and reliable water services delivered through digitized infrastructures in their daily life.
Health data of 2023 before DMDO’s intervention compared to current records after DMDO’s intervention confirm a sharp decline in waterborne and hygiene-related diseases.
“Before DMDO, water was not safe and hard to get. People get sick often but now things have changed, people have clean and safe water with hygiene education, therefore their health is improved. Now we have fewer cases of Diarrhea, Skin Infections and Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), means the community is healthier.” Sharifa Shared
The Graph shows annual report of infection cases of December 2023 before DMDO intervention and December 2025 annual report after DMDO intervention where access to clean and safe water was delivered from April 2024 in Chiuta village including Chiuta Dispensary. Where December 2025 report shows the impact of the DMDO investment on people’s lives.
Life before DMDO WASH Intervention
Before having access to clean and safe water, Chiuta residents depended on shallow wells collecting rain runoff or required residents especially women and girls to walk long distances to fetch water that was neither clean nor safe. As a result, people were frequently affected by fevers and other illnesses linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene.
Most community members and the dispensary depended on runoff water for decades
DMDO WASH Interventions
Today, residents of Chiuta access clean and safe water from public water distribution points equipped with digitized infrastructures. In addition, some households managed to have in-house water connections, ensuring that safe water is always available at home.
Chiuta residents drawing water at a public distribution point using smart technology
The Dispensary diagnosis report as Proof
According to Sharifa Amlima, a health worker at Chiuta Dispensary, some of the most common waterborne illnesses have reduced significantly including Diarrhea, Skin infection diseases and Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).
The majority use of clean and safe water for domestic purposes with Sanitation and hygiene practices empowered households’ better health that contributes to community prosperity. Chiuta Dispensary, DMDO has strengthened clean and safe environment by building an improved toilet and a handwashing facility which has kept both staff and patients safe.
“The improved toilet and handwashing facility have made our working environment safer. We feel protected and patients are treated in a cleaner space.” Sharifa shared
Sustainable Health, Brighter Future
Chiuta village now enjoys better health and lasting change, thanks to DMDO WASH Intervention. Safe water is always available; diseases have been reduced and improved facilities at the dispensary protect staff and patients. This progress shows that clean and safe water brings sustainable prosperity for the future.
Chiuta Dispensary
