WHO World Water Day Report

Select any chapter from the table of contents to view it as a Web page. The report is also available in one complete file (Acrobat PDF format, 2.6MB).

Table of Contents

Foreword
1. Water and health – two precious resources
2. Why we need to act
3. Where we need to act
4. Solutions most needed
5. It can be done
   Epilogue: Opportunities for actors and stakeholders
   Acknowledgements - Water, Sanitation and Health at WHO

Water is one of the earth's most precious and threatened resources
Health is one of each person's most precious resources
We need to protect and enhance them both
Water for Health

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement.