The overall goal of WASH programme is to improve sustainable access to safe drinking water,
sanitation, and hygiene in rural communities. This initiative is in line with the SDG goal 6
which seeks to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe
WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and
dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments.

Rural health is a core component of primary health care and a major public health challenge,
especially, in poor and resource-limited community settings. Poor rural healthcare, both access
and quality are strong contributory factors in poor health outcomes such as high maternal,
under-five, and infant mortality and morbidity rates in remote communities. This is since,
millions of rural folks including women and children face many challenges in accessing primary
healthcare.

In contributing to SDG goal 3, which aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for
all, at all ages, CETRAD envisage to implement health programmes in Maternal and child
health, reproductive health, nutrition, and prevention of communicable and non-communicable
diseases to improve the health and wellbeing of rural communities.