The importance of strong water, sanitation and hygiene systems, and the services they deliver, has perhaps never been so evident. We are all experiencing the fast-evolving corona virus pandemic and its impacts on people's health, school attendance and livelihoods.
Now more than ever, we need to remind the world of the value of ensuring strong WASH systems that transform lives and pull together to make them happen.
As an evidence-based organisation working in public health, we are currently addressing how best to use our voice, resources and expertise to support our partners in districts and countries where we work. We will continue to serve local district and national leaders in water and sanitation to face this crisis in supporting local set priorities. We will issue updates on adaptations to our strategic approach and activity regularly on our site and directly to our stakeholders.
We want to reference the excellent list of resources that has been compiled by the Sanitation and Water for All, on COVID-19 and WASH, to support governments, partners, service providers and international organisations to deliver a response to this global health crisis.
On this page, we have brought together resources and tools, both from our own work in countries and of the work by our partners.
A free service supporting actors in low- and middle-income countries to rapidly design evidence-based hygiene interventions to combat the coronavirus.
By Catarina de Albuquerque and Sue Coates, WSSCCC, SWA and Devex. 19 March 2020
Blog post by Om Prasad Gautam, Khairul Islam and Erik Harvey. 20 March, 2020
Technical Brief for water and sanitation practitioners and providers. WHO. 2020
Practical tips for how to encourage community-level handwashing behaviour with the aim of controlling and preventing the spread of the coronavirus.WASH'Em. 2020
The purpose of this UNICEF document is to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe operations through the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in schools and other educational facilities. The guidance, while specific to countries that have already confirmed the transmission of COVID-19, is still relevant in all other contexts.
The WASH in Schools Network (UNICEF, GIZ, Save the Children, WaterAid; Emory, LSHTM, among others) has compiled a knowledge map with links to relevant materials about COVID-19 for learners, their families and the education system. The map is intended for the time when schools are closed and in preparation for re-opening of schools.
