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).
Survey on the UN-Water SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation UN-Water 30 July, 2018 The UN-Water SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation aims to provide Member States with the global status on SDG 6. To enhance the discussion and add to the messages of the report a public … Read more
Launch of the UN-Water GLAAS 2018/2019 country survey UN-Water 16 July, 2018 The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the launch of the 2018/2019 cycle. Following the pilot in 2008, four successful GLAAS cycles hav … Read more
UN reports that world is off track on water and sanitation goal UN-Water 5 July, 2018 The world is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, says a new UN report. Today, billions of people lack safe water, sanitation and handwa … Read more
Video: the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation UN-Water 1 July, 2018 We live in an era of technological miracles. We are on track to create reusable space rockets, driverless cars, robot workers and artificial intelligence…. So, how is it possible that we are off track to ensure that … Read more
Public dialogue on the SDG 6 Synthesis Report UN-Water 18 June, 2018 To provide Member States with the global status on the progress on SDG 6, UN-Water has produced the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. Every year at the HLPF, an annual theme helps an increased focus along with an … Read more
