Please join us for a webinar next week!
Webinar: Evaluating household water treatment technologies: lessons from the WHO Evaluation Scheme
Tuesday, September 28 | 15:30 - 16:45 CEST / 09:30 - 10:45 EST
The objective of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies (the Scheme) is to consistently and independently evaluate the microbial performance of household water treatment technologies, and guide product selection.
The Scheme provides member states and procuring agencies with evidence on performance of these technologies, which helps build the capacity of low-income countries to strengthen regulation and testing.
In Round III of the Scheme, we evaluated 18 products representing ultraviolet (UV), solar and chemical disinfection, as well as filtration technologies.
Join us for a live webinar with experts from the WHO and the HWTS Network for a discussion and Q&A about the latest results.
In this webinar, we’ll cover WHO performance criteria for household water treatment, and present the results of Round III of the Scheme. We’ll also build on the results of the additional 30 products evaluated in Rounds I-II, and highlight lessons learned on key performance considerations for various technologies.
Learning objectives
- Build awareness of WHO International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies (the Scheme), WHO health-based performance criteria and application of evaluation criteria in HWT selection
- Understand the impact of manufacturing quality and ‘weak points’ of various technologies in HWT performance
- Discuss implications and uptake of Scheme findings in countries and implementation efforts
Featured speakers
From the World Health Organization:
- Nikki Beetsch
- Knox Coleman
- Batsirai Majuru
- Maggie Montgomery
From the HWTS Network:
- Marcio Botto
- Eva Manzano