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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
- 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
- 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
- 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 hygiene (WASH) - India
Diarrhoeal deaths as a result of inadequate WASH were reduced by half during the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period (1990–2015), with the significant progress on water and sanitation provision playing a key role Evidence suggests that improving service levels towards safely managed drinking-water or sanitation such as regulated piped
- Water Sanitation and Health - World Health Organization (WHO)
Safe and climate resilient sanitation systems are fundamental to protect public health WHO supports capacity building and implementation through guidelines and tools on sanitation and health, safe use of wastewater and safe recreational water environments, using risk assessment to identify, prioritize, manage and monitor coordinated action to protect public health working in alignment with
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