Water Sanitation and Health
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Publications and documents

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GLAAS 2025 report key findings
26 January 2026

GLAAS 2025 report key findings

This summary presents the key findings from the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2025 report, which features...

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State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025
26 January 2026

State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025

The GLAAS 2025 report, State of systems for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: global update 2025, and Key findings of the report  were launched...

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Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene in health emergencies readiness for response operations capabilities: user guide and checklist
17 December 2025

Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene in health emergencies readiness for...

The Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and Hygiene in health emergency readiness forresponse operations capabilities checklist, herein...

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Guidelines on hand hygiene in community settings
15 October 2025

Guidelines on hand hygiene in community settings

These Guidelines are concerned with the practice of hand hygiene to protect community health outcomes, in particular, the reduction of diarrhoeal...

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News

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26 January 2026
Departmental update

New UN-Water GLAAS findings: stronger WASH systems needed for safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all
16 December 2025
Departmental update

WHO highlights health risks and opportunities in the global waste crisis
15 October 2025
Departmental update

New guidelines on community hand hygiene to help governments reduce the spread of infectious diseases
24 September 2025
Departmental update

Countries making unprecedented efforts, but billions still lack basic services in health care facilities - WHO/UNICEF new report warns
26 August 2025
Departmental update

1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

WASH annual report

WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: annual report 2024
8 September 2025

WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: annual report 2024

The WHO Results Report 2024–2025 indicates that global access to safely managed drinking-water services rose from 71.0% in 2018 to a projected 87.3%...

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WASH Strategy

WHO water, sanitation and hygiene strategy 2018-2025
14 March 2019

WHO water, sanitation and hygiene strategy 2018-2025

This strategy sets out the direction and role of WHO within the context of the SDGs and WHO’s 13th Programme of Work. It reinforces WHO’s...

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WASH reflections series

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