Policy & Recommendations

Below are links to relevant policy documents related to global water, sanitation, and hygiene-related topics from the United Nations (UN) and the Public Library of Science (PLoS).

Disease Burden

Handwashing

Improving Child Development: A New CDC Handwashing Study Shows Promising Results

Millennium Development Goals: Water and Sanitation

UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC). The MDG target on Water and Sanitation Reader. pdf icon[PDF – 8 pages]external icon Spain: UNW-DPAC; 2010.

PLoS Series: Water and Sanitation

The articles below represent a four-part series focused on water and sanitation. They are meant to be read in order.

Bartram J, Cairncross S. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health.external icon PLoS Med. 2010;7(11):e1000367.
Hunter PR, MacDonald AM, Carter RC. Water Supply and Health.external icon PLoS Med. 2010;7(11):e1000361.
Mara D, Lane J, Scott B, Trouba D. Sanitation and Health.external icon PLoS Med. 2010;7(11):e1000363.
Cairncross S, Bartram J, Cumming O, Brocklehurst C. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: What Needs to Be Done?external icon PLoS Med. 2010;7(11):e1000365.

Page last reviewed: December 17, 2015

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases at CDC