title: Water, sanitation and hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on neglected tropical diseases: a new Global Strategy 2015-20.
abstract: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over 1 billion people. Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) contribute to prevention and management of most NTDs. Linking WASH and NTD interventions has potential to impact on multiple NTDs and can help secure sustainable and equitable progress towards universal access to WASH. The need to address the determinants of NTDs has been acknowledged. In response, WHO has published a new Global Strategy: 'Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on Neglected Tropical Diseases'. The Strategy focuses on cross-cutting actions that benefit disease control and care efforts, and strengthen health systems. Implementation of the strategy and the accompanying action plan can help ensure that the health and development agenda leaves no one behind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, the Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boisson
authors.affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, the Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, the Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Kate O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Medlicott
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, the Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Maria P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Neira
authors.affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montresor
authors.affiliation: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, the Environment and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland WaterAid, 47-49 Durham Street, London SE11 5JD, UK yaelvelleman@wateraid.org.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Velleman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012499:Sanitation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014330:Tropical Medicine; D014881:Water Supply / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards
keywords: Integration; Intersectoral; NTDs; Sanitation; WASH; Water