Water, Sanitation, Hygiene

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. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources

How to Test Water Quality? Here Are Some Low-Cost, Low-Tech Options

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The first installation of the "How to Test Water Quality?" blog posts outlines the tradeoff between cost and accuracy in water quality testing methods. In complete absense of water testing technologies, people monitor physical characteristics such as turbidity, color, taste, odor, and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

How to Test Water Quality? Chemical Tests for Limited Budgets

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The second installation of the "How to Test Water Quality?" blog posts highlights a small set of tests that provide enough information for accurate water quality monitoring. Typical test formats include test strips, color disk kits, and hand-held digital instruments. The highest priority...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

How to Test Water Quality? Low-Cost, Low-Tech Optioms for Microbial Testing

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The third and final installation of the "How to Test Water Quality?" blog posts outlines the ideal microbial test for water quality and efficient substitutes that exist now. The post suggests that the most practical solution is to test for an "indicator organism" which indicates...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

World Health Organization Guidelines for drinking-water quality

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
The fourth edition of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) provides a standardized basis for national or regional drinking-water policies and actions. The Guidelines include recommendations for contextual hazard identification, chemical background...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Using Monitoring Data to Identify Water and Sanitation Service Delivery Improvement Opportunities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
Universal access to basic sanitation and water services and their progressive improvement are important for human development, health, and human rights; and are recognized in program, national, and international policies such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring data are...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Improving Monitoring and Water Point Functionality in Rural Ethiopia

Publication date:
June 25, 2021
This study examines the patterns associated with functional community water points in rural Ethiopia and identifies potential areas of improvement in terms of practitioner response to functionality monitoring. It was part of an integrated WaSH and nutrition program implemented by UNICEF Ethiopia...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ethiopia

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