Table of contents

Water for Health - Taking Charge
Acknowledgements

Water, Sanitation and Health at WHO
Addresses of WHO Regional Offices
Further reading - Bibliography

Project coordinator:		Jamie Bartram
Project manager:		Nada Osseiran
Writer and editor:		Lisa Schlein
Cover design, illustration and layout:		Pat Leidl

Advisors & reviewers:		Martin Wegelin, Val Curtis, Mark Sobsey, John Martin
Editorial support:		Mary Vallanjon

Technical inputs and review:		Water, Sanitation and Health Unit (WSH), Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and WHO Regional Offices.
Photographs:		WHO photo library

Water, Sanitation and Health at WHO

The Water, Sanitation and Health activities at the World Health Organization aim to reduce water-related disease and optimize the health benefits of sustainable water and waste management. Our objectives are to support the health sector in effectively addressing water and waste-related disease burden and in engaging others in its reduction. WSH also assists non-health sectors in understanding and acting on the health impacts of their actions.

Activities carried out include:

• Articulating consistent ethical and evidence-based policy.
• Providing technical and policy support for sustainable capacity building.
• Setting, validating, monitoring and guiding the implementation of norms and standards.
• Assessing status and trends.
• Developing tools and guidelines for disease control and risk reduction.
• Stimulating research and development, testing new technologies and comparing performance.

For more information please contact
World Health Organization
20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/ and http://www.worldwaterday.org

Addresses of WHO Regional Offices

Further reading

World Health Organization. Draft guidelines for safe recreational-water environment: swimming pools, spas and similar recreational-water environments. Geneva, WHO, 2000.

World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund/Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative Council. Global water supply and sanitation assessment, 2000 report. New York, WHO/UNICEF, 2000.

World Health Organization/Water Supply and Sanitation Collaboration Council/International Water and Sanitation Centre/Operation and Maintenance Network. Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems: a training package for managers and planners. Geneva, WHO, 2000. (Document WHO/SDE/WSH/00.2).

World Health Organization/Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and Operation/Maintenance Network. Tools for assessing the operation and maintenance status of water supply and sanitation in developing countries. Geneva, WHO, 2000. (Document WHO/SDE/WSH/00.3).

World Health Organization. Draft guidelines for safe recreational-water environment: coastal and fresh-waters. Geneva, WHO, 1998.

World Health Organization. Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Vol. 3, Surveillance and control of community supplies. Geneva, WHO, 1997. (Second edition).

World Health Organization. Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Vol. 2, Health criteria and other supporting information. Geneva, WHO, 1996. (Second edition); and addendum to Vol. 2, 1998.

World Health Organization. Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Vol. 1, Recommendations. Geneva, WHO, 1993. (Second edition); and addendum to Vol. 1, 1998.

Sanitation connection resources - visit www.sanicon.net.

The above resources can be found on www.who.int/water_sanitation_health

Bibliography

Department for International Development (United Kingdom). Strategies for achieving the international development targets: environmental sustainability and eliminating poverty. London, DFID, 2000.

Mintz E.D et al. Safe water treatment and storage in the home. JAMA, 273 (12) : March 22/29, 1995.

Murphy H.et al. Environmental health project, applied study No. 3, Prevention -
environmental health interventions to sustain child survival. Washington DC, INSUSAID. 1997.

Narayan D. et al. Voices of the poor: can anyone hear us? Washington DC, Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 2000.

Narayan D. et al. Voices of the poor: crying out for change. Washington DC, Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 2000.

Rodda J.C. Water the ultimate dilemma for environment and development. Ecodecision, September 1992: pp 25-29.

World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund/Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council. Global water supply and sanitation assessment, 2000 Report. New York, WHO/UNICEF, 2000.

World Health Organization. Poverty and health. Geneva, WHO, 1999. (Document EB105/5).

World Health Organization. Human health and dams. Geneva, WHO, 2000. (Document WHO/SDE/WSH/00-01).