WHO report on scaling-up household water treatment with communicable disease efforts- Just published

The report summarizes the outcomes from a group of WHO experts from HIV, child and maternal health, malaria and dengue which met to discuss HWTS scaling-up and provide recommendations on needed action to leverage HWTS benefits with other health efforts.  Specific recommendations include: select options that meet WHO performance recommendations and consider key contextual/behavioural factors, implement HWTS within existing health and community channels, invest in operational research, strengthen safe storage and links with dengue, and set ambitious targets.  The annex includes a background paper by Dr Thomas Clasen on the health impact of household water treatment and safe storage among target populations.