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Global Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)

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Below is a compiled list of resources for public health and medical professionals related to global water, sanitation, and hygiene. Also available is information about related diseases and global water, sanitation and hygiene-related programs at CDC.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Community Water Systems
  • Household Water Treatment & Safe Water Storage
  • Sanitation & Hygiene
  • Travelers’ Health
  • WASH in Healthcare Facilities
  • Environmental Health Services: Safe Water Program
  • Communication Resources
World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Progress on Household Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene 2000‒2020: Five Years Into the SDGs
  • Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Guidelines for the Implementation of Water Safety Plans Resilient to Climate Change: Urban Water Supply Utilities
  • Soil-Transmitted Helminths
  • Water Safety Portal
  • Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
United Nations (UN)
  • UN World Water Development Report 2022
  • Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools: 2000-2021 Data Update
  • Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment [PDF – 90 pages]
  • UN Water
  • UNICEF Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Other Resources
  • U.S. Water Partnership
  • Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Global Handwashing Partnership
  • Clear Water Initiative
  • Global Hygiene Council
  • USAID Water and Sanitation

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Last Reviewed: October 3, 2022
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases at CDC
homeGlobal Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH)
  • Fast Facts
  • Community Water Systems
  • Household Water Treatmentplus icon
    • Safe Water Storage
    • Disease Impact of Unsafe Water
  • Sanitation & Hygieneplus icon
    • Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings
    • Toilets & Latrines
    • Potential Sanitation Solutions During an Emergency Response
    • Guidance for Workers Handling Human Waste or Sewage
    • Management of Fecal Waste
  • Assessing Access to Water & Sanitation
  • WASH in Healthcare Facilitiesplus icon
    • Data Collection Tools and Communication
    • Innovations for the Field
    • Where We Work
  • Travelers’ Health
  • Public Health & Medical Professionals
  • Publications, Data, & Statistics
  • Communication Resourcesplus icon
    • Posters
    • Booklets
    • Fact Sheets
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • World Toilet Day
  • Training & Education
  • CDC at Work: Global WASHplus icon
    • Social and Behavioral Change Activities 
    • Stories from the Fieldplus icon
      • Accelerated Alcohol-Based Hand Rub Production Supports Uganda Hospitals During Ebola Outbreak
      • CDC and Partners Support Efforts to Improve Universal Hand Hygiene
      • CDC hand hygiene efforts in Western Kenya
      • WASH Training for Outbreak Response in Sierra Leone
      • CDC Fights Cholera in Cameroon
      • Using Solar Energy to Treat Waste in Kenya
    • International Outbreak Investigations
    • The Safe Water Systemplus icon
      • Stories from the Field
      • The CDC SWS Container
  • Policy & Recommendationsplus icon
    • Disease Threats and Global WASH Killers
    • Global WASH Health Burden
Healthy Water Sites
  • Healthy Water
    • Drinking Water
    • Healthy Swimming
    • Water, Sanitation, and Environmentally-related Hygiene
    • Harmful Algal Blooms
    • Global WASH
    • WASH Surveillance
    • WASH-related Emergencies and Outbreaks
    • Other Uses of Water