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Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage NETWORK OVERVIEW AND STRATEGY

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage NETWORK OVERVIEW AND STRATEGY. Bruce Gordon (with acknowledgement to Robert Bos) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit. Presentation Outline. The place of HWTS in the context of targets and needs for increased access and use of safe

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Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage NETWORK OVERVIEW AND STRATEGY

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  1. Household Water Treatment and Safe StorageNETWORK OVERVIEW AND STRATEGY Bruce Gordon (with acknowledgement to Robert Bos) Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit

  2. Presentation Outline • The place of HWTS in the context of targets and needs for increased access and use of safe drinking-water • Global HWTS events 2010 • The HWTS strategy • High-level policy developments

  3. THE GLOBAL PICTURE- Global morbidity and mortality rates from water, sanitation and hygiene-related diseases - WHO/Carolos Gaggero (WHO 2000, 2006, 2007 and Prüss-Üstün et al. 2008) 90% of the toll of diarrhoeal disease is borne by children under five

  4. THE GLOBAL PICTURE- Needs to be met, targets to be achieved -

  5. THE GLOBAL PICTURE- Access and use - WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Report 2010 884 million do not have access to safe drinking water 2.6 billion lack access to adequate sanitation

  6. THE GLOBAL PICTURE- Adding up for HWTS - 884 million without access to safe drinking water plus people relying on wells and other improved water sources plus people supplied by unreliable piped water systems plus people traditionally relying on rainwater harvesting plus natural disasters and humanitarian crises

  7. Events in 2010 February 2010 HWTS Network strategic meeting April 2010 WHO/UNICEF South Asia Regional Conference on HWTS May 2010 WHO EB meeting; discussion on drinking-water quality June 2010 Technical consultation on the Guidelines for Evaluating Household Water Treatment Options: health-based targets and performance specifications September 2010 HWTS Seminar at Stockholm World Water Week October 2010 Network meeting in Chapel Hill

  8. Behind the scenes in 2010 From February 2010 onwards Strategy development Creation of a position at UNC: Network Communications Creation of a position at WHO: Network Coordination WHO/UNICEF discussions on co-hosting arrangements WHO/UNICEF and UNC discussions on communications strategy

  9. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- Mission Statement - To contribute to a significant reduction in water-borne and water-related vector-borne diseases, especially among vulnerable populations, by promoting household water treatment and safe storage as a key component of community-targeted environmental health programmes

  10. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- Strategic objectives - evidence base of the public health relevance of household water treatment and safe storage significantly strengthened; tangible results in the scaling-up of household water treatment and safe storage achieved in countries in all regions of the world; national policies and institutional frameworks developed and in place to ensure the integration of different environmental health interventions with drinking-water treatment and safe storage at the household level from a broad public health perspective; and, best practice in HWTS programmes evaluated and disseminated for advocacy purposes.

  11. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- Targets - By 2015, 30 countries have established policies on household water treatment and storage. By 2015, strengthened evidence to guide effective and replicable HWTS programmatic approaches to achieve long-term widespread use and public health impact. By 2020, 50 countries have achieved country-wide scale up of project-based HWTS.

  12. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- Strategy components - Facilitate the implementation of household water treatment and storage. Foster research and broaden the evidence base on household water treatment and safe storage. Address the needs of the most vulnerable in the context of HWTS. Monitor progress of HWTS uptake and sustainable use. Establish links to other environmental health interventions on household level. Advocate for safe storage.

  13. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- WHO policy development -

  14. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- WHO policy development - 127th Executive Board meeting, May 2010 Agenda item 5.2 Cholera Agenda item 5.4 Strategies for the safe management of drinking-water for human consumption Noted by the Executive Board

  15. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- WHO policy development - 26. The high initial capital costs and long time frame associated with implementing centralized treatment and distribution of drinking-water may exclude many communities, particularly in poor rural areas, from the health benefits of a piped water source in the immediate future. Household-level water treatment and safe storage are additional steps that can be taken immediately where and when “improved” water sources do not deliver consistently safe water or where safe water is available only intermittently. Together they form one component of a seven-point plan, jointly agreed by WHO/UNICEF, to reduce diarrhoeal disease mortality. Working with partners, including with the WHO International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage, established in 2003, the WHO Secretariat encourages correct and sustained application of household water treatment and safe storage where water is not reliably safe. The Secretariat provides support to countries in formulating policies and devising programmes on household water management and establishing criteria for the evaluation of technologies for treatment of household water so that implementers, donors and users can select appropriate and effective methods.

  16. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- WHO policy development - 8. Although the management of water resources is crucial, access to safe water sources needs to be improved and sustained, along with promotion of household-level water treatment and safe storage in order to prevent occurrence of cholera and to reduce morbidity in case of outbreaks. Even households that have access to improved drinking-water sources may suffer from recontamination within the home, requiring specific action to prevent exposure at that level.

  17. THE HWTS Global Strategy 2011-2016- WHO policy development - What will be next? A draft Resolution on Cholera submitted for discussion at the 128th EB meeting, with Bangladesh as the main sponsor. This Resolution is to be submitted subsequently to the World Health Assembly. A resolution to be formulated and submitted to the World Health Assembly in May 2010, on Strategies for the safe management of drinking-water for human consumption, with France as the lead sponsor.

  18. Thank you for your kind attention http://www.who.int/household_water/network/en

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