Water Sanitation and Health
Our vision and mission are the attainment by all peoples of the lowest possible burden of water and sanitation-related disease through primary prevention.
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Publications and documents

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WHO international scheme to evaluate household water treatment technologies: results of Rounds III and IV

This report presents the performance results of 21 household water treatment (HWT) products evaluated in Rounds III and IV of the WHO International Scheme...

WHO water, sanitation, hygiene and waste strategy 2026-2035

Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year, while climate shocks, outbreaks, migration...

State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025

The GLAAS 2025 report, State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025, and Key findings of the report  were launched...

GLAAS 2025 report key findings

This summary presents the key findings from the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2025 report, which features...

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WASH annual report

WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: annual report 2024

The WHO Results Report 2024–2025 indicates that global access to safely managed drinking-water services rose from 71.0% in 2018 to a projected 87.3%...

WASH Strategy

WHO water, sanitation, hygiene and waste strategy 2026-2035

Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year, while climate shocks, outbreaks, migration...

WASH reflections series

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