{"id":10122,"date":"2026-10-05T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/who-global-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-annual-report-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:24:03","slug":"who-global-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-annual-report-2025","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/who-global-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-annual-report-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: Annual report 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"dynamic-content__section dynamic-content__container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__section-container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__figure-container\">\n<figure class=\"dynamic-content__figure\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.who.int\/media\/images\/default-source\/cover-images\/publications\/wsh-annual-report-2025.tmb-479v.png?sfvrsn=2cb66a0a_1\" alt=\"WHO global water, sanitation and hygiene: Annual report 2025\"><br \/>\n     <\/figure>\n<div class=\"button button-blue-background\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/d044dcdd-27be-4404-9954-f90a9a3e181e\/content\" onclick=\"sendGaEvent('Download','https:\/\/iris.who.int\/server\/api\/core\/bitstreams\/d044dcdd-27be-4404-9954-f90a9a3e181e\/content')\">Download <span>(4.3 MB)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description\">\n<h3>Overview <\/h3>\n<p>Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) remained fundamental to health, disease prevention,<br \/>\nresilience and equity in 2025, but the global context for action became more difficult. Despite<br \/>\nprogress since 2015, the world remains dangerously off track to achieve Sustainable Development<br \/>\nGoal (SDG) 6. Billions of people still lack safely managed drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene<br \/>\nservices, and more than 1 billion people receive care in health care facilities without even basic water<br \/>\nservices. The consequences remain severe: inadequate WASH contributes to an estimated 1.4 million<br \/>\ndeaths each year, while cholera, conflict and climate shocks continue to expose the fragility of<br \/>\nessential services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this context, WHO\u2019s role is distinctive. The Organization does not build infrastructure directly. Instead, it translates health risk science into norms, tools, data and partnerships that help make WASH safe at scale.<\/p>\n<p>The work highlighted in this report demonstrates both the scale of the unfinished agenda and the<br \/>\ncontinuing value of WHO\u2019s contribution. In a year marked by tighter funding, rising climate and conflictrelated pressures, and growing demand for stronger systems, WHO continued to deliver high-leverage<br \/>\nglobal public goods through a lean model focused on norms, monitoring, regulation and partnerships.<br \/>\nThe transition to the 2026\u20132035 strategy therefore marks not a change in mandate, but a sharper focus<br \/>\non what is now most needed: ensuring that WASH services are not only expanded, but made safe,<br \/>\nequitable, resilient and sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__details\">\n<div class=\"detail who-team\">\n<div class=\"label\">WHO Team<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n                 <span><br \/>\n                             <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/environment-climate-change-and-health\/air-quality-energy-and-health\">Environment, Climate Change, OneHealth, Migration (ECO)<\/a>                 <\/span>\n         <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Editors<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">World Health Organization<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Number of pages<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">51<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Reference numbers<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n<div><strong class=\"label-sm\">WHO Reference Number: <\/strong><span>B09880<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Copyright<\/div>\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"creativecommons-icons-wrappers\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/igo\/deed.en\" rel=\"license\" title=\"Click here to see the details of CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/cc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/by.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/nc.svg\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/ResourcePackages\/WHO\/assets\/icons\/cc-icons\/sa.svg\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n        <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/B09880?rand=6398\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download (4.3 MB) Overview Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) remained fundamental to health, disease prevention, resilience and equity in 2025, but the global context for action became more difficult. Despite progress since 2015, the world remains dangerously off track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. 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