Dear WASH-Nutrition colleagues,

I turn to you with a request for your expertise and knowledge on the WASH-Nutrition link.

In efforts to fight undernutrition, poor WASH has been identified as one of the major underlying causes. Insufficient food intake, poor or inadequate absorption and use of nutrients, and repeated infectious diseases lead to poor nutritional status.

Following the Bonn WASH Nutrition Forum 2015 , we (the German WASH Network) are currently working on furthering the link in cooperation with partners. As one contribution, I am undertaking a survey to assess the status of the sector, identify developments, shed light on the scope and bottlenecks of and between different stakeholder groups. Findings from the survey will feed into a later publication.

There are surveys tailored to different groups. Please choose the one most relevant to you:

• Implementation:
experts from implementing organisations from the headquarters as well as from country offices (programming, implementation, operation research)
www.surveymonkey.de/r/wn-imp
• Advocacy:
representatives of organisations / networks with a strong political focus and policy work
www.surveymonkey.de/r/wn-adv
• Donors:
team leaders and focal points of / in WASH and nutrition divisions of multi- and bi-lateral donor agencies
www.surveymonkey.de/r/wn-don
• Research:
professors, doctors and research fellows, who run and work in academic research projects at the WASH & Nutrition nexus (academic research
www.surveymonkey.de/r/wn-res

Many thanks for taking 20-30 minutes to fill out the survey and contribute with your knowledge and insight before 17 March.

Best regards,
Jona