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Improving sanitation and hygiene is one of the most crucial steps towards supporting better nutrition and improved health.
The below resources are a great place to start learning more about this connection.

Gender equality 1 toilet at a time20 November 2015Gender equality comes one toilet at a time “Across the world, 2.4 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets and latrines, with nearly one billion people left to defecate in the open. It’s remarkable that today so many people still do not have access to a simple, private place to go to manage their bodily...
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NEW REPORT: Improving Nutrition Outcomes With Better Water, Sanitation and Hygiene19 November 2015UNICEF, USAID, and WHO today launched a new report entitled, Improving Nutrition Outcomes With Better Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Practical Solutions for Policies and Programmes. A growing body of evidence indicates that access to safe drinking-water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services has an important positive impact on nutrition. Achieving the six Global Nutrition Targets 2025, as...
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Lungelo Youth Development Explain the Sanitation Situation19 November 2015This video exhibits the project Lungelo Youth Development (LYD), presented here by the project’s founder Mary Mlambo and the international volunteer Mara Stuhlmann....
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NEW REPORT: It’s No Joke: The State of the World’s Toilets 201519 November 2015Today, WaterAid released a seminal new report on the state of the world’s toilets in 2015. For people in developed countries, flushing a toilet and turning on a tap is taken for granted. But more than 650 million people in the world do not have access to clean water, and more than 2.3 billion do...
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Why reducing stunting is a priority for South Asia.19 November 2015In this video Professor Sandy Cairncross, SHARE Research Director, shares his thoughts on why reducing stunting is such a priority for South Asia. Professor Cairncross attended the STOP Stunting Conference in New Delhi (November 2014) to deliver a presentation on the links between sanitation and stunting....
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Policy Brief – The Impact of Poor Sanitation on Nutrition (July 2015)19 November 2015Prepared by SHARE and UNICEF, this policy brief summarises the evidence for the impact of poor sanitation on nutritional outcomes and highlights the potential offered by greater integration of WASH within nutrition policy and programmes. It offers recommendations for policymakers, practitioners and researchers. This brief was first produced as a background paper for the STOP Stunting...
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Infographic: Safe sanitation is essential for health and development18 November 2015A new infographic highlighting the connections between the newly agreed upon sanitation target (SDG6.2) and other aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals. Access the infographic here. By Unilever, Domestos, Unicef and UN-Water ...
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WASH & Nutrition Infographic12 November 2015An infographic from WaterAid on WASH and Nutrition. Accessible here....
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WASH & Maternal Anemia Infographic12 November 2015An infographic from WaterAid on WASH and Maternal Anemia. Accessible here. ...
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WASH & Child Nutrition Infographic12 November 2015An infographic from WaterAid on WASH and Nutrition. Accessible here ...
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Under-nutrition & WASH12 November 2015An article by WaterAid and SHARE highlight the need for WASH in improving nutrition. Accessible here. ...
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WTD 2015 fact sheet [EN, FR, SP, ZH, AR]9 November 2015Curious to learn more about the linkages between sanitation and nutrition? Check out our WTD2015_FACT SHEET! French_WTD2015_FACT SHEET Spanish_WTD2015_FACT SHEET Chinese_WTD2015_FACT SHEET Arabic_WTD2015_FACT SHEET...
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SWASTH Learning Series: Building on Experience8 November 2015A series of learning briefs on convergence of WASH with health and nutrition and empowerment of women self-help groups. Accessible here. by Bihar Technical Assistance Support Team (BTST) ...
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Barriers to child development and human potential…8 November 2015Published in PLOS, this article explores the links between WASH, disease and malnutrition. “Barriers to child development and human potential: The case for including the Neglected Enteric Protozoa (NEP) and other enteropathy-associated pathogens in the NTDs” by Luther A. Bartelt et al. Accessible here. ...
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Compendium of Accessible WASH Technologies8 November 2015This compendium, produced by WaterAid and Share, is designed for use by staff working directly with communities – e.g. health workers and community volunteers working with disabled and older people and their families in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Download publication here. by WaterAid and Share...
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The Lancet’s Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition8 November 2015The problem of maternal and child undernutrition in developing countries. Download article here. by The Lancet...
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Stratégie « WASH in Nut »8 November 2015La présente stratégie régionale mise à jour en 2015 a été lancée en 2012 face à la crise nutritionnelle et alimentaire au Sahel, révisée lors du processus de consultation en 2014, elle reste une orientation intersectorielle adaptable aux spécificités nationales et locales de chaque pays. http://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/3-2297-7-1438183632.pdf par Groupe Régio...
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Integrating water, sanitation, and hygiene into nutrition programming8 November 2015This brochure by USAID and Wash Plus outline strategies for integrating WASH into nutrition programming. Download here. by USAID and Wash Plus...
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Open Defecation and Childhood Stunting in India8 November 2015Published in PLOS, this article examines the relationship between open defecation and stunting in India through an ecological analysis of new data from 112 districts. Access it here. by Dean Spears, Arabinda Ghosh, and Oliver Cumming...
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WASH Interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries8 November 2015This article, published in the Lancet, offers a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the evidence of the relative effectiveness of interventions to reduce illness through improvements in drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene practices in less developed countries. Access here. Article by Lorna Fewtrell, Rachel B Kaufmann, David Kay, Wayne Enanoria, Laurence Haller, and John M...
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Beyond Malnutrition8 November 2015Published in Environmental Health Perspectives, this article looks at the role of sanitation in stunted growth, highlighting trends in different regions, difficulties in diagnosing environmental enteropathy (EE), as well as cultural barriers to improved sanitation practices. Download it here. by Charles Schmidt...
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How to better link WASH and nutrition programmes8 November 2015Published by Concern Worldwide, this paper aims to provide practical guidance for project staff on how water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes can be more nutrition-sensitive and how nutrition programmes can incorporate more WASH aspects. Access it here. by Concern Worldwide...
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Improving Child Nutrition8 November 2015This report builds on earlier findings from UNICEF’s 2009 report, Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition, by highlighting new developments and demonstrating that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries. Download report here. by UNICEF...
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WASH and Undernutrition8 November 2015Briefing paper by ACF International discussing how greater investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is key to the fight against undernutrition. Access it here....
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Sanitation sustains clean environments8 November 2015This factsheet, prepared for the Sanitation Drive to 2015 campaign, highlights the relationship between ending open defection, sanitation and waste-water treatment, and waste reuse. Download the factsheet here: by UN-Water...
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Domestos See Through Loo8 November 2015Having access to sanitation is a basic human right. Yet today, 2.4 billion people still lack access to a toilet, and almost 1 billion of these have no choice but to relieve themselves in the open. How would that feel? Check out this video of reactions from people using the Domestos See Through Loo at...
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Why Waste Water?8 November 2015Infographic depicting the myriad opportunities to re-use water for purposes beyond drinking water. Download infographic here: by blue living ideas...
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Human Waste as a Resource8 November 2015This informational page by Appropedia explores Anaerobic Digestion as a technology for treating waste, outlining considerations and methoods, as well as further reading suggestions and a useful glossary. Access info page here: by Appropedia...
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How much international variation in child height can sanitation explain?6 November 2015This policy research working paper, compiled for the World Bank, explores the relationship between sanitation and child height. Access here. by Dean Spears...
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New UN-Water Report5 November 2015UN-Water recently released a new policy brief, entitled, Eliminating Discrimination and Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation. Just weeks after the formal adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the publication represents a timely contribution to the international community as conversations shift from the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals towards the topic of...
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