Contributing Actions to the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation
Contributing Actions to the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation
UN-Water Members and Partners’ activities are categorised as Contributing Actions towards the United Nations System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation. These actions are integrated into the Collaborative Implementation Plan (CIP) Results Framework 2025-2028. In this section, you can discover who does what.
Climate-related hazards, shocks and stresses present a growing threat to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. In response, WHO and UNICEF have launched a...
WHO produces international norms on water quality and human health in the form of guidelines that are used as the basis for regulation and standard...
Globally, nearly two billion people use either unimproved drinking-water sources or improved sources that are faecally-contaminated causing close to half a million diarrhoeal deaths in...
Safe and climate resilient sanitation systems are fundamental to protect public health. WHO supports capacity building and implementation through guidelines and tools on sanitation and...
Water and its recreational use have long been recognized as major influences of health and well-being. Clean, well-managed recreational water sites – be they oceans...
Use of wastewater and sludge for agriculture and aquaculture present opportunity to recover valuable water and nutrients from waste and is increasing attractive in the...
Water, sanitation, hand hygiene, waste management and environmental cleaning (WASH) services in health care facilities are fundamental for the provision of quality, safe care. With...
Water, sanitation and hygiene are critical in the prevention and management of all neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) scheduled for intensified control, elimination or eradication by...