Publications, Data, & Statistics
Below are publications, reports, recommendations, and other research that focus on global water, sanitation, and hygiene (GWASH) issues.
General
- World Health Organization and UNICEF. Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 Update. United States: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation; 2012.
- CDC. Ten Great Public Health Achievements — Worldwide, 2001–2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60:814-8.
Cholera and Typhoid Fever
- CDC. Salmonella Typhi Infections Associated with Contaminated Water — Zimbabwe, October 2011–May 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012;61(23):435-435.
- CDC. Epidemic Typhoid Fever — Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 1997. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998;47(36):752-6.
- CDC. Epidemic Cholera — Burundi and Zimbabwe, 1992-1993. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42(21):407-9,415-6.
- CDC. Update: Cholera — Western Hemisphere, 1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992;41(36).
- CDC. Update: Cholera — Worldwide, 1989. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1990;39(21):365-7.
Water Safety Plans
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A conceptual framework to evaluate the impacts of Water Safety Plans [PDF 26 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2011. (fact sheet summary of the framework [PDF - 2 pages])
- World Health Organization. Guidelines to Drinking Water Quality (4th edition) – Chapter 4. Malta: Guttenberg; 2011.
- Gelting R. Water safety plans: CDC’s role. [PDF - 2 pages] (commentary) J Environ Health. 2009;72(4):44-5.
- World Health Organization and International Water Association. Water Safety Plan Manual: Step-by-step risk management for drinking-water suppliers. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009.
- Caribbean Environmental Health Institute. Water Safety Plan: Linden, Guyana [PDF - 121 pages]. Castries, St. Lucia: Caribbean Environmental Health Institute; 2009.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A guide for conducting household surveys for Water Safety Plans [PDF - 52 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Household water use and health assessment, Spanish Town, Jamaica Water Safety Plan [PDF - 18 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Household water use and health survey for the Water Safety Plan, Linden, Guyana [PDF - 45 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
- Environmental & Engineering Managers, LTD. Water Safety Plan: Spanish Town Water Supply, St. Catherine, Jamaica [PDF - 114 pages]. Kingston, Jamaica: Environmental & Engineering Managers, LTD; 2007.
Sustainability
- Hubbard B, Sarisky J, Gelting R, Baffigo V, Seminario R, Centurion C. A community demand-driven approach for sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure development. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2011;214(4):326-34.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, February 14 – March 5, 2009 [PDF – 78 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.
- Sabogal R. Global Environmental Health: Sustainability. [PDF - 2 pages] (commentary) J Environ Health. 2010;73(3):26-7.
- Institute of Medicine. Global environmental health: research gaps and barriers for providing sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services: workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2009.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, February 12 – 27, 2006 [PDF - 77 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
- Moll DM, McElroy RH, Sabogal R, Corrales LF, Gelting RJ. Health impact of water and sanitation infrastructure reconstruction programmes in eight Central American communities affected by Hurricane Mitch [PDF - 15 pages]. J Wat Health. 2007;5(1):51-65.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the health impact of the American Red Cross-sponsored water and sanitation infrastructure reconstruction programs in communities affected by Hurricane Mitch: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2002 [PDF - 98 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2002.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mid-term survey and evaluation of American Red Cross-sponsored community reconstruction of water and sanitation: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2001 [PDF - 207 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2002.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Red Cross post-Hurricane Mitch community reconstruction water and sanitation baseline survey in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2000 [PDF - 105 pages]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2001.
Community Environmental Health Assessment
- Hubbard B. Working to build healthy communities: community environmental health assessments using PACE EH [PDF - 2 pages]. J Environ Health. 2006;69(3):32–3.
- Hubbard B, Gelting R, Baffigo V, Sarisky J. Community environmental health assessment strengthens environmental public health services in the Peruvian Amazon. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2005;208(1–2):101–7.
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