Under the Scheme, a product can be evaluated if it is low-cost, appropriate for low-income settings, free standing and able to treat enough water to serve a limited number of individuals for a day.
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世卫组织公共卫生、环境和健康社会决定因素司技术官员Batsi Majuru博士
“The primary benefit from household water treatment is protecting health.”
Recently, WHO released the first round of results on 10 HWT technologies ranging from ultrafiltration to chemical disinfection and found 8 met performance targets.
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协助埃塞俄比亚加强监管
Improvingregulation in Ethiopia
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埃塞俄比亚经常遇到干旱和水灾，人们有时很难获得安全饮水，腹泻病很常见。
Ethiopia is often affected by droughts and floods, meaning that safe drinking water can be hard to come by and diarrhoeal diseases are common.
To address the situation, the Government launched the ‘One WASH Programme’, which aims to achieve universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and improve safe storage and treatment practices in the household.
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在世卫组织推出这项评估计划之前，许多实验室曾试图评估家用水处理产品，但并无标准规程或检测程序可循。
Prior to WHO’s scheme, many laboratories tried to evaluate HWT products, but there were no standard protocols or test processes.
Now, the Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration Control Authority, which is mandated to test the safety of pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, is also mandated to regulate HWT products.
“Previously, we only conducted document reviews and chemical testing on chlorine-based HWT technologies being used in the country,” says Bikila Bayissa, Deputy Director General of Food & Medicines Quality Assessment, Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration & Control Authority.