Publications on water sanitation and health
Alphabetical order
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A global overview of national regulations and standards for drinking-water quality
11 April 2018 -
A practical guide to auditing water safety plans
19 October 2015 -
Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities
A focus on Cambodia and Ethiopia
14 December 2017 -
Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities: A focus on Ethiopia
19 December 2017 -
Acrylamide in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2011 -
Alternative drinking-water disinfectants:
Bromine, iodine and silver
5 March 2018 -
Aluminium in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2010 -
Analysis of wastewater for use in agriculture
A laboratory manual of parasitological and bacteriological techniques
5 June 1996 -
Animal waste, water quality and human health
1 September 2012 -
Animal waste, water quality and human health (Chapters)
6 October 2012 -
Antimicrobial resistance: An emerging water, sanitation and hygiene issue
Briefing note
6 November 2015 -
Arsenic in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2011 -
Asbestos in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2003 -
Assessing microbial safety of drinking water:
Improving approaches and methods
22 February 2003 -
Atrazine and its metabolites in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
25 October 2011 -
Barium in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2004 -
Benzene in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
25 October 2003 -
Better health care waste management
An integral component of health investment
15 June 2005 -
Boil Water
Technical brief
1 January 2015 -
Cadmium in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2011 -
Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water
Public health significance
30 March 2009 -
Chemical mixtures in source water and drinking-water
19 June 2017 -
Chemical safety of drinking-water
Assessing priorities for risk management
3 December 2007 -
Children in the new millennium:
Environmental impact on health
13 March 2003 -
Chloride in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2003 -
Chlorine in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2003 -
Chromium in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2003 -
Cleaning and disinfecting wells
Technical note 1 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
1 July 2011 -
Climate-resilient water safety plans
Managing health risks associated with climate variability and change
17 October 2017 -
Combating waterborne disease at the household level
21 March 2007 -
Combined household water treatment and indoor air pollution projects in urban Mambanda, Cameroon and rural Nyanza, Kenya
14 April 2011 -
Considerations for policy development and scaling-up household water treatment and safe storage with communicable disease prevention efforts
18 April 2012 -
Copper in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2004 -
Core questions on drinking-water and sanitation
5 December 2006 -
Correlations between remotely sensed data and malaria prevalence
Rapid assessment, Menoreh Hills area of Central Java, Indonesia
11 December 2002 -
Cyanide in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
23 October 2003 -
Dialogues on water for food and the environment
Health as a cross-cutting issue
10 December 2003 -
Disposal of dead bodies in emergency conditions
WHO/WEDC technical notes on WASH in emergencies
29 March 2011 -
Domestic water quantity, service level and health
6 May 2003 -
Economic and health effects of increasing coverage of low cost household drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to countries off-track to meet MDG target 10
Background document to the Human Development Report, 2006
25 August 2007 -
Emergency treatment of drinking-water at the point of use
Technical note 5 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
5 July 2013 -
Emerging issues in water and infectious diseases
10 October 2003 -
Environmental health impact assessment of development projects
A practical guide for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
10 February 2005 -
Environmental health in emergencies and disasters:
A practical guide
26 September 2002 -
Environmental management for vector control
26 May 1988 -
Essential environmental health standards in health care
23 June 2008 -
European standards for drinking-water, 2nd ed.
10 May 2004 -
Evaluating household water treatment options
Heath-based targets and microbiological performance specifications
7 July 2011 -
Evaluation of the costs and benefits of water and sanitation improvements at the global level
10 April 2004 -
Evaluation of the H2S method for detection of fecal contamination of drinking-water
13 April 2002 -
Fact sheets on environmental sanitation
4 January 2005 -
Flowing away: water and health opportunities
19 February 2008 -
Fluoride in drinking-water
2 November 2006 -
Food, water and family health
A manual for community educators
13 March 2003 -
GLAAS 2014 findings: Highlights for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
23 November 2015 -
GLAAS 2014 findings: Highlights for the European Region
2 November 2015 -
GLAAS 2014 findings: Highlights for the Region of the Americas
8 March 2016 -
GLAAS 2014 findings: Highlights for the South-East Asia Region
28 December 2015 -
GLAAS 2014 findings: Special Report for Africa
19 May 2015 -
Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage
6 May 2012 -
Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for water supply and sanitation
23 January 2008 -
Global environmental threats to children related to water and sanitation
8 October 2004 -
Global patient safety challenge: Clean care is safer care
Report on the informal briefing, 58th World Health Assembly
27 July 2005 -
Global status report on water safety plans
A review of proactive risk assessment and risk management practices to ensure the safety of drinking-water
7 June 2017 -
Global water supply and sanitation assessment 2000 report
6 June 2000 -
Guide to hygiene and sanitation in aviation
Third edition
1 December 2009 -
Guide to ship sanitation (third edition)
Global reference on health requirements for ship construction and operation
1 April 2011 -
Guidelines for drinking water quality, 2nd edition: Addendum - Microbiological agents in drinking-water
11 February 2002 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 1st edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations
7 February 1984 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 1st edition: Volume 2 - Health criteria and other supporting information
7 February 1984 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 1st edition: Volume3 - Drinking-water quality control in small-community supplies
31 May 1985 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations. Addendum
7 February 1998 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 1 - Recommentations
7 February 1993 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 2 - Health criteria and other supporting information
7 February 1996 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 2 - Health criteria and other supporting information. Addendum
8 February 1998 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 3 - Surveillance and control of community supplies
6 August 1997 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 2nd edition: Volume 3 - Surveillance and control of community supplies (Chapters)
9 June 1997 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 3rd edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations
21 September 2004 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 3rd edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations
Incorporating first and second addenda
2 December 2013 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 3rd edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations. 1st addendum
8 February 2006 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 3rd edition: Volume 1 - Recommendations. 2nd addendum
12 October 2008 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition
27 June 2011 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition, incorporating the 1st addendum (chapters)
24 April 2017 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition, incorporating the 1st addendum
15 February 2017 -
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, 4th edition: 1st addendum
20 February 2017 -
Guidelines for safe recreational environments
Addendum to volume 1 - List of agreed updates
17 August 2009 -
Guidelines for safe recreational water environments
Volume 1: Coastal and fresh waters
3 December 2003 -
Guidelines for safe recreational water environments
Volume 2 - Swimming pools and similar environments
6 August 2015 -
Guidelines for safe recreational water environments - Volume 2
Swimming pools and similar environments
6 August 2006 -
Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater - Volume 1
Policy and regulatory aspects
4 December 2006 -
Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater - Volume 2
Wastewater use in agriculture
4 December 2006 -
Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater - Volume 3
Wastewater and excreta use in aquaculture
4 December 2006 -
Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater - Volume 4
Excreta and greywater use in agriculture
4 December 2006 -
Hazard characterization for pathogens in food and water: guidelines
11 April 2003 -
Health aspects of plumbing
14 March 2006 -
Health care facilities and waste related publications
5 October 2015 -
Health impact assessment
Harmonization, mainstreaming and capacity building
11 December 2001 -
Health-based monitoring of recreational waters: the feasibility of a new approach ( the "Annapolis Protocol")
Outcome of an expert consultation, Annapolis, USA
11 May 1999 -
Health-care waste management rapid assessment tool
12 May 2011 -
Healthy villages
A guide for communities and community health
3 December 2002 -
Heterotrophic plate counts and drinking-water safety: The significance of HPCs for water quality and the human health
Edited by J. Bartram, J. Cotruvo, M.Exner, C. Fricker, A. Glasmacher
13 May 2003 -
Household water treatment and safe storage following emergencies and disasters
South Asia earthquake and tsunami
18 April 2002 -
How to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programmes
27 September 2010 -
Improving nutrition outcomes with better water, sanitation and hygiene:
Practical solutions for policy and programmes
19 November 2015 -
International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies
Results of Round 1
3 February 2016 -
Intersectoral decision-making skills
in support of health impact assessment of development projects
12 December 2000 -
Leakage management and control
A best practice training manual
3 December 2001 -
Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis
11 April 2007 -
Linking poverty reduction and water management
14 March 2006 -
Linking technology choice with operation and maintenance in the context of community water supply and sanitation
A reference document for planners and project staff
26 February 2003 -
Looking back: Looking ahead
Five decades of challenges and achievements in environmental sanitation and health
9 October 2003 -
Management of cyanobacteria in drinking-water supplies:
Information for regulators and water suppliers
30 January 2015 -
Management of solid health-care waste at primary health-care centres
A decision-making guide
12 December 2005 -
Management of waste from injection activities at district level
1 September 2006 -
Management of wastes from immunisation campaign activities
Practical guidelines for planners and managers
11 January 2004 -
Managing water in the home
Accelerated health gains from improved water supply
2 December 2002 -
Manual for economic assessment of drinking water interventions
1 June 2012 -
Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target
A mid-term assessment of progress
5 December 2004 -
Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target
The urban and rural challenge of the decade
11 September 2006 -
Mercury in health care
22 May 2006 -
Methods for detection of fecal contamination of drinking-water
17 June 2003 -
Monitoring bathing waters:
A practical guide to the design and implementation of assessments and monitoring programmes
11 February 2000 -
National workshops on water resources development and health
4 June 2003 -
Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings
WHO guidelines 2009
27 October 2009 -
Nutrients in drinking-water
11 February 2005 -
Occurrence of cyanobacterial toxins (microcystins) in surface waters of rural Bangladesh
Pilot study
23 March 2004 -
Occurrence of of cyanobacterial toxins (microcystins) in surface water
Rural Bangladesh: Pilot study
12 December 2013 -
Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems
A training package for managers and planners
5 December 2000 -
Optimizing regulatory frameworks for safe and clean drinking-water
Issue sheets
4 August 2011 -
Pathogenic mycobacteria in water
A guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management
11 February 2004 -
PEEM Guidelines 2
Guidelines for forecasting the vector-borne disease implications of water resources development
22 July 2003 -
Pharmaceuticals in drinking-water
1 June 2012 -
PHAST step-by-step guide
A participatory approach for the control of diarrhoeal diseases
3 December 1998 -
Policies and procedures for updating the Guidelines for drinking-water quality
31 July 2009 -
Policy analysis: Management of health-care wastes
12 May 2000 -
Post-2015 monitoring of drinking-water and sanitation
First consultation, 3-5 May 2011, Berlin, Germany: Meeting report
5 May 2011 -
Potable reuse
Guidance for producing safe drinking-water
14 August 2017 -
Potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage
Review of latest available evidence
10 February 2006 -
Preparation of national healthcare waste management plans in sub-Saharan countries
Guidance manual
11 April 2005 -
Preventing diarrhoea through better water, sanitation and hygiene: exposures and impacts in low- and middle-income countries
29 April 2014 -
Preventing trachoma:
A guide for environmental sanitation and improved hygiene
20 August 2001 -
Preventing travellers' diarrhoea: How to make drinking-water safe
26 July 2005 -
Progress on drinking water and sanitation
Joint Monitoring Programme update 2014
5 May 2014 -
Progress on drinking water and sanitation:
Joint Monitoring Programme update 2012
6 March 2012 -
Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
Joint Monitoring Programme 2017 update and SDG baselines
9 July 2017 -
Progress on Drinking-water and Sanitation:
Joint Monitoring Programme - Special focus on sanitation
3 December 2008 -
Progress on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: 2017 update and SDG baselines
Highlights
22 February 2018 -
Progress on sanitation and drinking water
2015 update and MDG assessment
29 June 2015 -
Progress on sanitation and drinking-water
Joint Monitoring Programme update 2013
13 May 2013 -
Progress on sanitation and drinking-water:
Joint Monitoring Programme 2010 update
8 March 2010 -
Protecting groundwater for health:
Managing the quality of drinking-water sources
26 May 2006 -
Protecting surface water for health
Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks in surface-water catchments
16 May 2016 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2000-2005
2 January 2000 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2006
2 January 2006 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2007
2 January 2007 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2008
2 January 2008 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2009
2 January 2009 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2010
3 January 2010 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2011
2 January 2011 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2012
2 January 2012 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2013
2 January 2013 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2014
2 January 2014 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2015
2 January 2015 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2016
31 October 2015 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2017
28 December 2016 -
Publications on water, sanitation and health: 2018
28 December 2017 -
Quantifying public health risks in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water quality
By A.H. Havelaar, J.M. Melse
9 August 2005 -
Quantitative microbial risk assessment
Application for water safety management
Updated November 2016
17 November 2016 -
Rapid assessment of drinking-water quality
A handbook for implementation
1 October 2012 -
Reducing and eliminating the use of persistent organic pesticides
uidance on alternative strategies for sustainable pest and vector management
10 February 2002 -
Reduction of reliance on DDT in disease vector control
Action plan
11 May 2001 -
Rehabilitating small-scale piped water distribution systems
Technical note 4 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
4 July 2011 -
Rehabilitating water treatment works after an emergency
Technical note 6 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
6 July 2011 -
Replacement of mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers in health care
Technical guidance. WHO 2011
1 May 2011 -
Review of latest available evidence on potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage and ways to reduce the risks to human health
4 August 2006 -
Risk assessment of Cryptosporidium in drinking water
26 October 2009 -
Risks to human health through potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage
Review of latest available evidence
29 March 2006 -
Safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals in and after emergencies
Interagency guidelines
5 December 1999 -
Safe drinking-water from desalination
Guidance on risk assessment and risk management procedures to ensure the safety of desalinated drinking-water
1 March 2011 -
Safe health-care waste management : Policy paper
3 November 2004 -
Safe management of shellfish and harvest waters
Minimizing health risks from sewage-contaminated shellfish
20 November 2010 -
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities
13 June 2014 -
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities, 2nd ed.
13 June 2014 -
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: A summary
9 November 2017 -
Safe piped water
Managing microbial water quality in piped distribution systems
7 December 2004 -
Safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture
Measures for public health protection
10 December 1989 -
Safer water, better health
Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health
25 June 2008 -
Sanitation and hygiene promotion: programming guidance
11 April 2005 -
Sanitation challenge (archived)
Turning commitment into reality
10 December 2004 -
Sanitation on ships: compendium of outbreaks of foodborne and waterborne disease and Legionnaires's disease associated with ships, 1970-2000
26 October 2001 -
Sanitation safety planning
Manual for safe use and disposal of wastewater, greywater and excreta
19 May 2015 -
Scaling up household water treatment among low-income populations
31 July 2009 -
Small and safe
Investing in small community water supplies will reduce waterborne disease outbreaks and overall costs
30 March 2010 -
Small-scale incinerators for health-care waste
Findings on an assessment
5 December 2004 -
Solid waste management in emergencies
WHO technical note 7 on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies
7 July 2011 -
Special report for the Sanitation and Water for All High-Level Meeting 2014
Investing in water and sanitation: Increasing access, reducing inequalities
4 April 2014 -
Status of national household water treatment and safe storage policies in selected countries
Results of global survey and policy readiness for scaling up
18 April 2012 -
Summary of UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017-2020 Strategy
7 August 2017 -
Teacher's guide: management of wastes from health-care activities
7 May 1998 -
The drinking water response to the Indian Ocean tsunami including the role of household water treatment
16 June 2005 -
The resilience of water supply and sanitation in the face of climate change
CD-ROM Vision 2030
21 March 2010 -
Think big, start small, scale up
A road map to support country-level implementation of water safety plans
3 June 2010 -
Toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage
1 November 2012 -
Toxic cyanobacteria in water
A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management
5 December 1999 -
Tracking national financial flows into sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water
GLAAS working paper
1 July 2012 -
UN-Water GLAAS TrackFin Initiative
Guidance document summary for decision-makers
26 November 2015 -
UN-Water GLAAS Trackfin Initiative: Tracking financing to sanitation, hygiene and drinking-water at national level
Guidance Document
25 January 2018 -
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2012 Report
The challenge of extending and sustaining services
11 April 2012 -
UN-water global analysis and assessment of sanitation and drinking-water (GLAAS) 2014 - report
Investing in water and sanitation: increasing access, reducing inequalities
17 November 2014 -
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2014 report
Investing in water and sanitation: Increasing access, reducing inequalities
23 February 2014 -
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017 report
Financing universal water, sanitation and hygiene under the Sustainable Development Goals
13 April 2017 -
UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2010 Report
Targeting resources for better results
20 April 2010 -
UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS):
2008 pilot report - Testing a new reporting approach
6 October 2008 -
Updated WHO/WEDC Technical Notes on WASH in Emergencies
26 August 2013 -
Upgrading water treatment plants
27 May 2001 -
Uranium in drinking-water
Background document for development of WHO guidelines for drinking-water quality
1 May 2012 -
Using human waste safely for livelihoods, food production and health
17 September 2008 -
Using human waste safely for livelihoods, food production and health
17 September 2008 -
Valuing water, valuing livelihoods
Guidance on social cost-benefit analysis of drinking-water interventions, with special reference to small community water supplies
10 March 2011 -
Valuing water, valuing livelihoods: Chapters
16 November 2010 -
Vision 2030: The resilience of water supply and sanitation in the face of climate change
Summary and policy implications
20 October 2009 -
Water and sanitation for health facility improvement tool (WASH FIT)
A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
3 April 2018 -
Water for Health
WHO's Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality
16 November 2004 -
Water for health: Taking charge
18 April 2001 -
Water for life: Making it happen
1 July 2005 -
Water pollution control
A guide to the use of water quality management principles
10 February 1997 -
Water quality and health - Review of turbidity
Information for regulators and water suppliers
15 February 2017 -
Water quality and health strategy 2013-2020
26 January 2013 -
Water quality assessments
Use of biota, sediments and water in environmental monitoring
11 December 1996 -
Water quality interventions to prevent diarrhoea: Cost and cost-effectiveness
15 April 2008 -
Water quality monitoring
Guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies
11 December 1996 -
Water quality: Guidelines, standards and health
Assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infectious disease. WHO 2001
17 June 2001 -
Water recreation and disease
Plausibility of associated infections: Acute effects, sequelae and mortality
24 November 2005 -
Water safety in buildings
1 February 2011 -
Water safety in distribution systems
4 June 2014 -
Water safety plan manual (WSP manual)
Step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers
9 March 2009 -
Water safety plan quality assurance tool
3 August 2013 -
Water safety planning
A roadmap to supporting resources
10 December 2017 -
Water safety planning for small community water supplies
Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking-water supplies in small communities
1 July 2012 -
Water safety planning for urban water utilities
Practical guide for ADB staff
15 May 2017 -
Water safety plans
Managing drinking-water quality for public health
3 August 2010 -
Water safety plans: Managing drinking-water quality from catchment to consumer
17 August 2005 -
Water sanitation and hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on neglected tropical diseases
A global strategy 2015-2020
27 August 2015 -
Water treatment and pathogen control:
Process efficiency in achieving safe drinking water
18 January 2004 -
Water watch 2015: Are countries in Asia on track to meet Target 10 of the MDGs
8 May 2006 -
Water, Sanitation and Health electronic library
3rd edition
24 November 2004 -
Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
Status in low- and middle-income countries and way forward
17 March 2015 -
Water, sanitation and hygiene standards for schools in low-cost settings
WHO 2009
27 October 2009 -
Water, sanitation and hygiene to combat neglected tropical diseases
Initial lessons from project implementation
26 May 2017 -
Waterborne zoonoses: identification, causes and control
11 April 2004 -
Waterborne zoonoses: identification, causes and control
Edited by J.A. Cotruvo, A. Dufour, G. Rees, J. Bartram, R. Carr, D.O. Cliver, G.F. Craun, R. Fayer and V.P.J. Gannon
6 July 2004 -
WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health-care waste: Policy paper
18 October 2007 -
World report on child injury prevention
2 September 2008 -
WSP training package
CD-ROM
16 November 2012
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Alternative drinking-water disinfectants:
Bromine, iodine and silver