text: lion people a year. Highlights: There arc a number of highlights from the Decade which bode well for the future. Among them: the growing sustainability of community management; the proven complementarity of WATSAN and <.;nr> programmes; and a trend towards greater cost-effectiveness at field level. More than 20 countries, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Gha- na, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Niger, Paki- stan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, Viet Nam and some Central American nations have, as a matter of policy, established committees at community level to manage mainte- nance systems. These committees have the responsibility of organizing the technical skills and cost-sharing mech- anisms which guarantee the sustaina- bility of WATSAN systems. In Sudan, there is one committee for each of the 800 beneficiary villages in Kordofan. Women have been actively involved in this movement towards community management, and all of the five- person committees in Kordofan have at least two women members. Coft-sharityj: There has been sig- nificant resistance by some govern- ments to the idea of community cost- sharing in WATSAN programmes, and social communications have been an important factor in mobilizing com- munities to accept cost-sharing mech- anisms. A number of successful expe- riences are now on record. At the Malange water project in Angola, 97 per cent of the handpumps arc said to be well maintained and in service at any one time, and reports from Bang- ladesh and Indonesia also claim effec- tive operation rates of 90 per cent and over. Diarrhoeal diseases; CDD pro- grammes are expanding their curative case-management approach to include 2 3prevention focused on clean water and sanitary excreta disposal. A num- ber of countries have, to varying de- grees, complemented ORT with WAT- SAN in their COD programmes. They include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswa-
analysis: The text appears to be discussing community-based initiatives for improving water, sanitation, and hygiene (WATSAN) systems, which is a crucial aspect of public health. The mention of diarrhoeal diseases, curative case-management, and prevention-focused approaches also suggests a strong connection to the health sector. Additionally, the text highlights the involvement of women and the importance of community management, which could be related to broader development issues. However, the primary focus on WATSAN systems and community-based initiatives leads me to believe that the text is most closely related to the health sector.