As an approach to integrating the country-wise progress on piloting of the Safe Water, Food and Hygiene project, an inter-country follow-up workshop was also organised by Dr. Terrene Thompsoo, WSH, WHO-SEARO in Kathmandu during 21-25 July 2003. Concerned officials of the governments, NGOs, UNICEF and WHO from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Myanmar along with Dr. Rebert Quick attended the workshop. Through this workshop the participating SEAR countries indentified their need for an inter-country project to support their initiatives using integrated approached to reduce the burden of dirrhoeal diseases.

As a follow-up of the above, Dr. Pavani Kalluri, another Medical Epidemiologist of the CDC visited Bangladesh in November 2003, Her visit contributed to crystalising the proposition further in the from of an initiative through Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK), a national NGO involved in various health-related activities, at selected slums located within Dhaka City. At present, drawing on the above progress, two slum areas at Baoniabadh and Kamalapur, Dhaka have

been selected through tripartite field visits and discussion among CDC, WHO and DSK. It is expected that the WHO Environmental Health Unit, through DSK as the partner NGO, will be able to launch the pilot project on SWS in Dhaka city slum areas at Baoniabadh and Kamalapur.