what programs have to be launched to increase the basic drinking water facilities to all the citizens?
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World Water Day 2019, which will be observed on 22 March, underscores the basic right of all citizens to health protection, through access to safely managed drinking-water supply and sanitation, and good hygiene behaviours. This year's theme, “Leaving no one behind”, opens increased opportunities to support Member States in promoting health and equitable access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services.
WPRO is committed to interventions on climate change, especially those affecting the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking-water and sanitation, sufficient food and secure shelter.
WPRO promotes and supports WASH action on the following:
- • Development of water safety plans.
- • Improve the status of WASH in health-care facilities.
- • Supporting household water treatment and safe storage initiatives to
- improve the quality of drinking-water and reduce the transmission of
- waterborne diseases.
- • Promoting safely-managed rainwater harvesting in the communities,
- schools and healthcare facilities.
- • Supporting the Fit for School and the Three Star approaches in
- schools.
- • Assisting in monitoring activities.
- • Serving, jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme
- (UNEP), as the international secretariat to the Thematic Working
- Group on WASH.
- • Supporting Member States in developing plans to increase the
- resilience of WASH and reduce the vulnerability of populations in
- facing climate change.
- • Providing WASH-related support during disasters.
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