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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The report presents indicators and baseline estimates for the drinking water, sanitation and hygiene targets within the Sustainable Development Goals. (WHO)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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