Evidence and evidence-informed practice
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WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme
WHO/UNICEF JMP is the custodian of global data on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. The JMP has been monitoring global progress since 1990 and is responsible for reporting on Sustainable Development Goal targets and indicators related to WASH. (WHO and UNICEF)
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Health Evidence Network
Provides access to a number of resources selected for their relevance to decision-making on public health, health care and health system policy in the WHO European Region. (WHO/Europe)
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A healthy link: The Protocol on Water and Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
The brochure provides an insight on the linkages between the Protocol and the 2030 Agenda and outlines how the Protocol mechanisms and tools can support countries in achieving the water, sanitation and health related SDGs. (UNECE)
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A practical guide to auditing water safety plans
This document provides guidance on developing and implementing a WSP auditing scheme, covering such topics as the aim and role of auditing, auditor training and certification, audit criteria, audit timing and frequency and audit reporting. (WHO)
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A road map to support country-level implementation of water safety plans
This document presents a road map to support country-level implementation of water safety plans. (WHO and International Water Association)
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Climate-resilient water safety plans. Managing health risks associated with climate variability and change
This document provides guidance on how climate considerations can be integrated into water safety planning to provide greater resilience to the current and predicted impacts of climate change and variability on water supplies. (WHO)
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Collection of good practices and lessons learned on target setting and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health
The document provides concrete advice to countries that have begun to or will embark on the process of setting, revising and implementing their targets, and thereafter reports on their progress in accordance with the Protocol. (UNECE)
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Guidance on water supply and sanitation in extreme weather events
This publication describes how adaptation policies should consider the new risks from extreme weather events, how vulnerabilities can be identified and which management procedures can be applied to ensure sustained protection of health. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater
These Guidelines propose a flexible approach of risk assessment and risk management linked to health-based targets that can be established at a level that is realistic under local conditions. (WHO)
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Guidelines on the setting of targets, evaluation of progress and reporting under the Protocol on Water and Health
The Guidelines are an important tool supporting the process of target setting to implement the key provisions of the Protocol. (UNECE)
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Improving drinking-water supply in rural areas of Serbia
Small-scale systems in rural areas of Serbia face a wide range of challenges to the provision of safe and sustainable drinking-water supply services. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Inheriting a sustainable world? Atlas on children’s health and the environment
The documents presents the children exposure to many different environments and relation to SDGs. (WHO)
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Keeping our water clean: the case of water contamination in the Veneto Region, Italy
This publication describes the experience of the Veneto Region in responding to this public health emergency. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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No one left behind: Good practices to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation in the pan-European region
This publication presents good practices and lessons learned from throughout the pan-European region on the policies and measures to be enacted to provide equitable access to water and sanitation. (UNECE)
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Potable reuse. Guidance for producing safe drinking-water
This document describes how to apply appropriate management systems to produce safe drinking-water from municipal wastewater. (WHO)
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Prioritizing pupils’ education, health and well-being. Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in the pan-European region
By underlining how inadequate WASH in schools compromises pupils’ education, health and well-being, this publication advocates for policy-makers of all involved sectors to prioritize this in the context of the Protocol on Water and Health, incrementally realizing the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Parma Declaration. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
The report presents indicators and baseline estimates for the drinking water, sanitation and hygiene targets within the Sustainable Development Goals. (WHO)
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Protecting groundwater for health: Managing the quality of drinking-water sources
The publication provides a structured approach to analysing hazards to groundwater quality, assessing the risk they may cause for a specific supply, setting priorities in addressing these, and developing management strategies for their control. (WHO)
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Protecting surface water for health
Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks in surface-water catchments
The book provides guidance and supporting information on the development and application of water safety plans, which represent best practice to address the assessment and control of surface-water hazards in drinking-water catchments. (WHO)
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Rapid assessment of drinking-water quality in rural Serbia: overcoming the knowledge gaps and identifying the prevailing challenges
The research provides results of rapid assessment of drinking-water quality in rural Serbia. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Sanitation safety planning. Manual for safe use and disposal of wastewater, greywater and excreta
This document present the manual for safe use and disposal of wastewater, greywater and excreta. (WHO)
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School environment: Policies and current status
This report includes a summary of existing policies on providing healthy environments in schools and kindergartens, an overview of environmental risk factors in schools, information on design, methods and results of selected recently conducted exposure assessment surveys and a summary of pupils' exposures to major environmental factors. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Status of small-scale water supplies in the WHO European Region. Results of a survey conducted under the Protocol on Water and Health
This report summarizes the findings of the survey requesting country-specific information in 2012–2013 under the Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance: Supporting national measures to address infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene in health care settings
The document provides information on improving infection prevention and control and water, sanitation, and hygiene in health care settings as one of the objectives in WHO's Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. (WHO)
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Taking policy action to improve small-scale water supply and sanitation systems. Tools and good practices from the pan-European Region
This publication aims to inspire practitioners and policy-makers who develop water supply and sanitation policies and programmes at the national or subnational levels to consider improvement actions that they can adapt for their own circumstances. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Technical Guidance on Water-related Disease Surveillance
The guidance reviews the main threats to health related to water services, recalls basic concepts of epidemiology and disease surveillance and advises on data management and analysis. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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The Equitable Access Score-card: Supporting policy processes to achieve the human right to water and sanitation
The publication contains recommendations on how to plan for the self-assessment and provides concrete examples of the benefits of using the score-card in different settings. (UNECE)
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The situation of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in the pan-European region
The report describes the situation of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in the pan-European region. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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The situation of water-related infectious diseases in the pan-European region
A review of the available evidence reveals significant underreporting and underestimation of the true extent of water-related diseases in the pan-European region, indicating a need to strengthen national capacities for surveillance of these diseases. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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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. (WHO)
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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. (WHO)
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Water safety plan manual. Step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers
This publication presents the step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers. (WHO and IWA)
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Water safety plan: a field guide to improving drinking-water safety in small communities
This field guide provides a step-by-step introduction to the WSP approach and a range of ready-to-use templates to assist those locally involved in rural water supply to develop and implement their own WSPs. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Water safety planning. A roadmap to supporting resources
This document provides a summary of supporting resources on various aspects of water safety planning, including water safety plan development, implementation, training, advocacy and auditing. (WHO)
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Water safety plans in eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia
The document covers background information on WSPs, highlights its key benefits, reviews countries’ experiences of WSPs in the WHO European Region and addresses the needs for creating an enabling environment for WSP uptake. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities. Status in low- and middle-income countries and way forward
This is a multi-country review of water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities. (WHO)
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Water, sanitation and hygiene standards for schools in low-cost settings
This document provides guidance on water, sanitation and hygiene required in schools. (WHO)
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Water, sanitation and hygiene. Transforming the regional agenda towards equitable access to safe and sustainable services
The fact sheet presents situation on water, sanitation and hygiene. (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
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WHO Guidelines on Drinking-water Quality
This documents builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health. (WHO)