Monitoring and evidence
Monitoring is a crucial activity for extending and sustaining WASH services. WHO, in collaboration with UNICEF, leads global monitoring on WASH systems and on coverage. The resulting evidence from WHO monitoring activities helps to guide decision-makers at the local, national and global levels and is a key component of measuring the success of the Sustainable Development Goals. Data from WHO monitoring activities are also available in the UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal.
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Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2022: special focus on gender
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development called for ‘ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ under...
Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000-2021: Special focus on WASH and infection prevention...
In March 2018, the Secretary-General of the United Nations launched a global call to action for WASH in all health care facilities, noting that health...
Strong systems and sound investments: Evidence on and key insights into accelerating progress on sanitation,...
The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2022 report compiles new data on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and...
Reflecting on TrackFin 2012-2020
Since 2008, UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) results have indicated that there are substantial gaps in...
Understanding how governments and external support agencies (ESAs) are addressing hygiene is critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to...
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2019 report
There is widespread recognition that sustainable and effective WASH service delivery is not only determined by the state of infrastructure, but also by...
WHO and UNICEF, through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP), have produced regular updates on water,...
Progress on wastewater treatment: Piloting the monitoring methodology and initial findings for SDG indicator...
The SDG6.3.1 indicator report on “proportion of wastewater safely treated” describes the monitoring methodology developed and tested in consultation...
Core questions and indicators for monitoring WASH in health care facilities in the Sustainable Development...
WHO and UNICEF, working with the Global Task Team for monitoring WASH in health care facilities (HCF), have developed a set of core questions and indicators...
The JMP 2017 update report presents indicators and baseline estimates for the drinking water, sanitation and hygiene targets within the Sustainable Development...