nmti.in

Phone-alt Facebook Linkedin Youtube
Menu
Facebook Instagram Linkedin Youtube
Menu

WASH

The WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) initiative has been taken by various countries in order to provide safe drinking water, proper sanitation facilities and a hygienic environment and livelihood to its people.

Objectives of WASH

WHO has strategized a 2018-2025 plan for the improvement in the condition of sanitation and hygiene for the people across the globe and provide them with sufficient and clean water for the purpose of a healthy life.

Given below are the key objectives of the WASH initiative :

  • Improving the quality of drinking water to reduce the risk of human health
  • Monitor healthcare facilities is another important aim of WASH
  • Improving the safety of sanitation and wastewater management
  • Monitor the data presented by the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)
  • Coordinate with multi-sectoral partners, lead or engage with global and regional platforms, and advocate for WASH
  • Integration of WASH with health and other programmes such as AMR, cholera, climate change, emergencies, IPC, NTDs, nutrition, UHC, water security to increase synergies and impacts
Purposes: The purposes of providing access to WASH services include achieving public health gains, improving human dignity in the case of sanitation, implementing the human right to water and sanitation, reducing the burden of collecting drinking water for women, reducing risks of violence against women, improving education and health outcomes at schools and health facilities, and reducing water pollution. Access to WASH services is also an important component of achieving water security. Improving access to WASH services can improve health, life expectancy, student learning, gender equality, and other important issues of international development. It can also assist with poverty reduction and socio-economic development.