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WASH and disease

The importance of water, sanitation and hygiene

WASH emergency preparedness

Water and sanitation partnerships raising awareness and delivering water and sanitation services

UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene strategies for 2006 2015

The UNICEF contribution to WASH

Instead of using full time WASH professionals, most country offices will rely on other staff to serve as WASH focal points.

WASH and the Millennium Agenda

Figure 1 UNICEF WASH expenditure, 1990 to 2004 (In millions of United States dollars)

Information and support will also be provided for the training of WASH focal points.

Endorses the UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene strategies for 2006 2015 (E ICEF 2006 6) as the UNICEF official strategy document for programmes of support in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene.

The scope of emergency WASH activities is rapidly expanding.

Providing catalytic and continuous support for scaling up sustainable WASH programmes

Providing WASH in schools directly meets both requirements.

Country offices implementing the basic WASH package will rely heavily on WASH professionals in other countries in the region, regional offices and headquarters.

Addressing a child's right to health and education through WASH in schools

Figure 2 Three pillars for effective and sustainable WASH programmes

Follow up on water and sanitation

Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS)

C. Water supply and sanitation

The sewage pipe is always blocked.

Say, get me a bicycle.

Promoting a balanced national WASH programming framework

Including the right to land and access to education, water and proper sanitation.

Water system, sanitation and utilities

Sewerage and drainage plans, Gaza

The presenter of the theme Water and sanitation underlined the importance of pricing policies in the supply of water and sanitation services.

The Commission held interactive discussions in plenary on strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of water and sanitation services and water and sanitation follow up.

(i) Support to water supply and sanitation services

Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)

A prerequisite for education and development, a community priority and a human right

WASH is an important prerequisite for ensuring the right to basic education.

Poor hygiene, sanitation and water exacerbate poverty by reducing productivity and elevating health care costs.

The process of strengthening regional offices with dedicated WASH professionals has already been initiated.

(vii) Supporting existing regional and interregional initiatives such as the Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for all (WASH) programme for water and sanitation

Drawing on its competencies in emergency WASH programmes, UNICEF will provide appropriate assistance to governments and other stakeholders in the development of national plans for WASH emergency preparedness.

A balanced WASH programme has three interdependent pillars interventions to increase safe water and sanitation coverage, the promotion of behavioural change, and support to an enabling policy and institutional environment (see figure 2).

Sustainability will be a central design element in all UNICEF supported WASH programmes.

Joint Monitoring Programme on water supply and sanitation

Over the last 10 years, country WASH programmes have been supported by a small team in headquarters and, in some cases, part time focal points in regional offices and country level WASH staff members, who also provide support in neighbouring countries.

7. The water supply and sewage system has suffered serious damage.

Neither WASH target will be achieved if poor urban areas are ignored.

These plans are prepared in consultation with governments and partners and include WASH components in accordance with the CCCs.

WASH must have full section status within the country office and must be a full programme within the Country Programme Action Plan.