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

Applying a Cumulative Risk Framework to Drinking Water Assessment: A Commentary

Publication date:
July 13, 2021
The health risks of drinking water contaminants and the economic benefits of drinking water standards are typically assessed one chemical at a time, an approach that misses the health impacts of co-occurring contaminants in drinking water. In contrast, a cumulative risk framework has become common...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

City Residents, Scientists and Policy-Makers: Power in Co-Producing Knowledge

Publication date:
July 13, 2021
The need to merge scientific with societal knowledge in addressing global sustainability challenges has deepened research on a methodology known as co-producing knowledge. This paper draws on case study projects in Africa to discern the forms of power that are navigated by actors when co-producing...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Uganda

WWF Position: Biobased and Biodegradable Plastic

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
Global plastic pollution is an increasingly urgent environmental crisis, and one which has amassed significant public attention in recent years. Plastic pollution threatens aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems around the world. An estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Lower Kafue River Basin 2019 Report Card

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
Similar to school report cards, river basin report cards provide performance-driven numeric grades or letters that reflect the status of a river basin on a regular basis. They effectively integrate and synthesize large, and often complex, information into simple scores that can be communicated to...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Zambia

Royal Caribbean and WWF 2018 Partnership Report

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
In 2016, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., partnered to help ensure the long-term health of the oceans. To support this audacious goal, we took two approaches: improving Royal Caribbean's operations and supply chains and leveraging our influence more broadly among...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Tuul River Basin Report Card

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
The Tuul River Basin Report Card, the first of its kind in Mongolia, assesses the basin's health through social, environmental and economic values that can be tracked over time in response to management actions and/or external pressures. Although much research has been conducted on the water...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Mongolia

Update: 2016 AgWater Challenge

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
Seven companies made public commitments around water that reflected their leadership and their understanding that they can be a powerful and constructive force for people and planet. This report covers their individual goals and some of the progress made in the year following the launch of the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Proceedings of Bhutan's National Water Symposium 2017

Publication date:
July 16, 2021
With support from the USAID-funded WWF Asia High Mountains Project, UWICER organized Bhutan's second National Water Symposium in May 2017. This symposium brought together water resources professionals and agencies to take stock of current water resource knowledge in Bhutan and to identify...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Bhutan

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