Health

According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. Resources available in this sub-theme include guidance on installation of cost-effective safe water supply systems and latrines, summaries of health improvements following WASH projects, and other resources that can help to improve the understanding of the health implications of WASH projects.

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Health Resources

Household Water Treatment Ceramic Filtration

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in learning more about household water treatment using ceramic filtration. Read more
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Global

Household Water Treatment Slow Sand Filtration

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in learning more about household water treatment using slow sand filtration.Read more
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Global

The Safe Water System: Safe Storage of Drinking Water

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in learning more about safe storage of drink water.Read more
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Global

A Guide for Establishing a Community-Based Safe Water System Program

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in a guide to establish a Community-Based Safe Water System Program Read more
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Global

Overflowing cities: The State of the World’s Toilets 2016

Published: 
November 18, 2016
WaterAid
Human beings are now largely an urban species: for the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population (54%, or 3.9 billion people) lives in towns, cities and megacities. By 2050, that’s expected to rise to two-thirds. Many new urbanites, and particularly the poorest, are not moving...Read more

Menstrual hygiene matters: An essential resource for improving menstrual hygiene for women and girls

Published: 
June 7, 2016
WaterAid
This educational and empowering resource tackles without shame or recourse to euphemism an issue that is a major stumbling block for the realisation not only of the rights to water and sanitation of girls and women, but for ensuring gender equality. Nine modules and toolkits cover key aspects of...Read more

Lessons from East Asia: How to achieve total sanitation and hygiene coverage within a generation

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April 27, 2016
WaterAid
This discussion paper presents the findings from research in East Asian states on the political economy of sanitation and hygiene services which delivered total coverage within a generation.Read more

Inequalities in Public Water Arsenic Concentrations in Counties and Community Water Systems across the United States

Published: 
December 9, 2020
In the United States, nationwide estimates of public drinking water arsenic exposure are not readily available. Our objective was to characterize potential inequalities in CWS arsenic exposure over time and across sociodemographic subgroups.Read more
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North AmericaUnited States

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Water and Sanitation Sector

Published: 
June 23, 2021
The Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated faults in WASH systems around the world and impacted efforts to close water accessibility gaps. Climate change and migration to urban areas have made it difficult for WASH providers to build efficient delivery systems, leaving over half of the world's...Read more
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Global

Water in Crisis - Spotlight Thailand

Published: 
June 25, 2021
Water scarcity is a global threat that is estimated to hit Thailand hard by 2025. The country must develop a long-term plan to manage these challenges. Effective water management needs to be implemented in Thailand, especially in effectively dealing with flood and drought problems.Read more
Regional focus: 
Thailand

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