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12 July 2008
PHAST step-by-step guide: a participatory approach for the control of diarrhoeal diseases
This guide describes the process of developing a plan to prevent diarrhoeal diseases by improving water supply, hygiene behaviours and monitoring and evaluation. (WHO: 1998) More info >>
The effectiveness of water quality interventions in preventing diarrhoea
This fact sheet summarises the findings of a comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of water quality interventions to prevent endemic diarrhoea. (WELL Resource Centre for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health: August 2006) More info >>
Health impacts of improved household sanitation
This fact sheet gives a brief overview of the health and disease impacts associated with sanitation. (WELL Resource Centre for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health: November 2006) More info >>
Local initiatives for better hygiene
This publication examines four case studies on community-based initiatives to improve hygiene behaviour and draws out lessons learned on what worked well and what didn't. (International Water and Sanitation Centre: January 2007) More info >>
Water and ethics – human health and sanitation
Overview of the ethical dimensions of water supply and sanitation for human health and poverty reduction. (UNESCO) More info >>
Sanitation and hygiene guide
WHO guide to the development and promotion of effective programs for improving sanitation and hygiene. (World Health Organisation: 2005) More info >>
SIWI report: The New Water Paradigm for Global Food Security
Presents recommendations for policy and decision makers with regard to sustainable food production, sustainable food consumption and ecological sustainability. (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: 2005) More info >>
Achieving healthy urban futures in the 21st century
"Providing access to clean drinking water and basic sanitation can be the most effective and sustainable way to benefit the poor while increasing the overall quality of city life, but water and sanitation are generally underfunded in developing countries." (AusAID: 25 January 2005) More info >>
2004 Australian drinking water guidelines
The ADWG incorporates the "Framework for the Management of Drinking Water Quality" and provides the Australian community and the water supply industry with guidance on what constitutes good quality drinking water. (National Health & Medical Research Council: 2004) More info >>
Health in your hands: The global public-private partnership for handwashing with soap
A global initiative to promote handwashing with soap to reduce diarrhoea, a major cause of child mortality in many countries today. (Health in your hands: CSIRO Land and Water) More info >>
WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality, third edition
Access to safe drinking-water is essential to health, and a component of effective policy for health protection. The Guidelines explain requirements to ensure drinking-water safety and outline a preventitive management "framework for safe drinking-water", supported by a range of information such as microbial, chemical, radiological and acceptability aspects. (World Health Organization: Water, Sanitation and Health (WSH): 2004) More info >>
Meeting the MDG drinking water sanitation target and a mid-term assessment of progress.
A WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report providing data for 1990 and 2002 at national, regional and global levels, and an analysis of trends towards 2015. (World Health Organization) More info >>
Minimum standards in water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion
The Sphere Project (Chapter 2) with information about water, sanitation and hygiene promotion. (The Sphere Project) More info >>
Water, sanitation & hygiene
Water, sanitation and hygiene and the Millennium Development Goals. (World Bank) More info >>
The Aral Sea environmental health crisis
An ecological catastrophe in Central Asia, which has been detrimental to the health of local populations. (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University) More info >>
Interim AusAID guidelines and operating procedures for managing arsenic in water supplies
Guidelines about managing water supplies where arsenic contamination is likely. (AusAID: 20 February 2004) More info >>