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- Sanitation - World Health Organization (WHO)
In 2022, 57% of the global population (4 6 billion people) used a safely managed sanitation service; 33% (2 7 billion people) used private sanitation facilities connected to sewers from which wastewater was treated; 21% (1 7 billion people) used toilets or latrines where excreta were safely disposed of in situ; and 88% of the world’s
- Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments
- Guidelines on sanitation and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infection to improving and maintaining mental and social well-being Developed in accordance with the processes set out in the WHO Handbook for Guideline Development, these guidelines provide comprehensive advice on maximizing the health impact of sanitation interventions
- Water Sanitation and Health - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of a range of sanitation interventions and provide a comprehensive framework for health-protecting sanitation, covering policy and governance measures, implementation of sanitation technologies, systems and behavioural interventions, risk-based management, and monitoring approaches
- SANITATION AND HYGIENE - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sanitation is defined as access to and use of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human excreta In addition to preventing disease by avoiding contact with pathogens or parasites contained in excreta, sanitation also aims to promote human dignity and well-being Sanitation services range from the provision and emptying
- Improving sanitation safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe sanitation systems are fundamental to protect public health WHO is leading efforts to monitor the global the burden of sanitation-related disease and access to safely managed sanitation and wastewater treatment and factors that enable or hinder progress under the Sustainable Development agenda
- Water Sanitation and Health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to human health and well-being Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments
- WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: annual report 2023
This report summarizes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) during 2023 It describes how the Organization continued to deliver its essential WASH programming as elaborated in its 2018–2025 strategy
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