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The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)...
5 October 2026
WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: Annual report 2025
Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) remained fundamental to health, disease prevention, resilience and equity in 2025, but the global context for...
30 July 2026
Key ingested per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their health effects: landscape review
The World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned a landscape review to systematically collect and assess available data sources on PFAS occurrence and...
17 June 2026
Guidelines for drinking-water quality: fourth edition incorporating the first, second and third addenda
The fourth edition incorporating the first, second, and third addenda of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality...
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WASH annual report
5 October 2026
WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: Annual report 2025
Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) remained fundamental to health, disease prevention, resilience and equity in 2025, but the global context for...
WASH Strategy
20 February 2026
WHO water, sanitation, hygiene and waste strategy 2026-2035
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) still drive at least 1.4 million preventable deaths each year, while climate shocks, outbreaks, migration...
WASH reflections series
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