World Health Organisation (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the UN specialized agency on health. WHO monitors global progress on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) through estimates of global burden of WASH- related disease, monitoring of progress under the SDGs on WASH in households, schools and health facilities, wastewater treatment and the enabling environment for WASH service delivery.
WHO supports progress on WASH though development of rigorous evidence-based global guidelines on drinking-water quality, sanitation and health, safe use of wastewater in agriculture and aquiculture, and safe recreational water environments and supports capacity development for guideline implementation at country level through 6 regional offices and 147 country offices. WHO also works with the health sector to ensure that WASH is coordinated and incorporated in health programme delivery wherever WASH plays a role in primary prevention or health service delivery with a focus on; WASH in health facilities, emergencies and cholera control, neglected tropical diseases, antimicrobial resistance and health impacts of climate change. Further details is available in the WHO Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy 2018-25.
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-water (GLAAS)
WHO monitors SDG6b through the UN-Water global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water (GLAAS).
WHO launch global guidelines on sanitation and health UN-Water 3 October, 2018 Worldwide, 4.5 billion live without access to safely managed sanitation services – in other words a toilet connected to a sewer or pit or septic tank that treats human waste. On 1 October, World Health Organization (WHO) … Read more
World Toilet Day 2018: When nature calls UN-Water 7 September, 2018 The world is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: to ensure availability and sustainable management of sanitation and water for all by 2030. Today, 4.5 billion people live without safely managed sanitation and … Read more
Launch of SDG 6 indicator reports UN-Water 26 August, 2018 The monitoring of progress towards SDG 6 is a means to making it happen. High-quality data help policy- and decision makers at all levels of government to identify challenges and opportunities, to set priorities for more effective and effici … Read more
Facebook live during World Water Week UN-Water 25 August, 2018 From 26 to 31 August, the 2018 edition of World Water Week will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. If you are not attending the event, you can also engage with us digitally and watch our Facebook live interviews. Sunday 26 August ‘The coor … Read more
World Water Week in Stockholm 2018 UN-Water 16 August, 2018 The 2018 edition of World Water Week takes place on 26 – 31 August in Stockholm, Sweden. During the week, UN-Water will convene various sessions and events. Sunday 26 August Water Action Decade Event Organizer: UN-Water / United Nations Dep … Read more
