Aim and Objectives

Our aim is the reduction of water- and waste-related disease and the optimization of the health benefits of sustainable water and waste management.

Objectives

• To support the health sector in effectively addressing water- and waste-related disease burden and in engaging others in its reduction.
• To assist non-health sectors in understanding and acting on the health impacts of their actions.

Workplan

WHO organizes its work through two-year (biennial) plans. A summary of the plan of work for the Water, Sanitation and Health Programme at WHO Headquarters is available here.

- More information

More information on the work of our regional offices is also available.

Collaborating centres

• WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Management for Vector Control, Australia
• Centre collaborateur de l'OMS pour l'Eau, l'Assainissement et l'Hygiène, Burkina Faso
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Water Quality, Canada
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Health and Environment in Sustainable Development, Denmark
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Water and Health, Denmark
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Drinking Water Hygiene, Germany
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication, Germany
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Protection and Control of Drinking-Water Resources, Hungary
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation, Japan
• Centre collaborateur de l'OMS en matière de Formation et de Recherche dans le domaine de l'Eau potable et de l'Assainissement, Maroc
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Engineering
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Epidemiology, Republic of Singapore
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Management for Vector Control, Sri Lanka
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Management for Disease Vector Control in Sustainable Development, Thailand
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Water Supply and Waste Disposal, Thailand
• WHO Collaborating Centre for the Protection of Water Quality and Human Health, United Kingdom
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Drinking Water and Water Pollution Control, United Kingdom
• WHO Collaborating Centre for Groundwater Quality Assessment and Protection, United Kingdom

Catalogue of information products

The WSH information products catalogue provides bibliographic and descriptive information on over 50 recent WHO publications and CD-ROM relevant to the quality control of water, its risk assessment, water supply and sanitation, health in water resources development and management, the use of wastewater, the safe disposal of waste and the quality and control of recreational waters. It also includes books dealing with the promotion of health environments, and on vector control and the control of water-associated diseases.
Other information products provide current scientific information in the form of fact sheets, posters, teaching and training documents.

Full text - pdf file [pdf 1.05Mb]

SEE ALSO

Information and advocacy materials | Posters

Requests for proposals

The Water, Sanitation and Health (WSH) Programme of the World Health Organization periodically invites proposals for various work packages related to water, sanitation and hygiene interventions. These interventions contribute significantly to health and social development.

Assessment of five different types of "Leap-Frog" technologies to assist in improving the management of small community water supplies

Read the request for proposal [pdf 3.73Mb]

Deadline for proposals: 22 September 2008, 11:00 hours, Central European Time

Contact: mercerj@who.int for queries and submission of proposal.