Tanvi Nagpal

Tanvi Nagpal, Ph.D. is the Director of the International Development program at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. She has more than two decades of experience in policy research and program management in East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Nagpal has held positions at the World Bank and non-governmental organizations and has advised leading foundations on their philanthropy in water and sanitation. Her current research focuses on sustainable and equitable water, sanitation, and solid waste delivery. Nagpal teaches classes on improving service delivery, and inclusive and sustainable urbanization.

A student washes her hands after clean up at a school in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Abuja, Nigeria on March 20, 2020. The photo shows a pair of hands actively lathering under a water tap against a blue background. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Poverty

Where WASH Figures in the COVID-19 Fight

by Katherine E. Bliss, Tanvi Nagpal

Hard-sought health security in sub-Saharan Africa should build on WASH programs, which are already proven to save lives