GLOBAL WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)

Question 1

SAFE WASH IS NOT ONLY A PREREQUISITE TO HEALTH, IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO:

Answer 1

• LIVELIHOODS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, DIGNITIY + HELPS TO CREATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES LIVING IN HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS
• CRITICAL ASPECT OF EQITY
• ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF QUALITY UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

Question 2

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF DIARRHOEAL DEATHS COULD BE AVERTED WITH SAFE PIPED WATER?

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

About %?? of deaths due to diarrohoea could be averted by providing community sanitation facilities for more than 75% of population.

Answer 3

About 50% of deaths due to diarrohoea could be averted by providing community sanitation facilities for more than 75% of population.

Question 4

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD DON’T HAVE A TOILET FACILITY?

Answer 4

3.6 BILLION

Question 5

IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING WASH APART FROM HEALTH?

Answer 5

• IMPORTANT FOR EQUITY
• ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF UHC
• BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
• COST EFFECTIVE: EVERY DOLLAR OF INVESTMENT RETURNS 5 DOLLARS

Question 6

WHO VISION FOR WASH

Answer 6

‘TO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE HEALTH THROUGH THE SAFE MANAGEMENT OF WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE SERVICES IN ALL SETTINGS.’

WHO has played a longstanding and significant role promoting WASH as an objective and respected source of international guidelines, standards and normative information; technical guidance on water quality management, sanitation and wastewater; and WASH policies and regulations.

WHO WASH strategy offers a timely opportunity to strangthen WHO’s contribution to improving health through WASH actions, within and beyond WHO. Furthermore, to strengthen alignment with the SDGs and relevant regional policy frameworks

Question 7

8 PRINCIPLES OF WHO WASH STRATEGY

Answer 7

• Prioritize actions with the highest public health benefit in areas where WHO has or can build comparative advantages;
• Strengthen health sector capacities in promoting safe WASH and taking up its public health oversight role in WASH, including effective outbreak response systems;
• Align with the SDGs, specifically targets relating to WASH, health, climate change and nutrition.
• Employ the highest quality science including through collection, review and use of evidence about WASH impacts on health and a full range of practical experiences when developing norms and good practice procedures;
• Promote a contextual, incremental improvement approach when supporting countries to set national WASH standards and targets
• Capitalize on existing regional policy frameworks that promote WASH and stipulate national target setting;
• Stimulate sustainable change by strengthening government institutions and systems charged with implementation,
• Engage with partners and positively influence partnerships to ensure health issues are considered and addressed by the WASH sector and to also ensure that WASH issues, notably in health care facilities, are addressed by the health sector as prerequisites to providing quality care.

Question 8

SDG6

Answer 8

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

(HAS 6 TARGETS)

Question 9

The SDG target language of access to WASH for “all”, implying

Answer 9

ALL SETTINGS

Question 10

‘reducing death and illness from unsafe water, unsafe sanitation, and lack of hygiene’ - SDG GOALS AND TARGET

Answer 10

3.9

Question 11

SDG 13

Answer 11

CLIMATE CHANGE

Question 12

SDGs

Answer 12

17 GOALS, 169 TARGETS

Question 13

WASH PRIORITY AREAS

Answer 13

Drinking water and recreational water quality and safety

Sanitation and wastewater

WASH in health care facilities

Question 14

KEY CHALLENGE IN ACHIEVING SDG RELATED FOR WASH?

Answer 14

THE PROGRESS IS TOO SLOW (QUESTIONABLE WHETHER IT WILL BE ACHIEVED, AT THIS RATE, NO)

(TO CLOSE THE GLOBAL GAP, THE RATE OF PROGRESS MUST MOVE 4X FASTER)