For educators: In this section you will find teaching materials that will explore water as health determinant and its connection to SDG6 water and sanitation to copy in your course in canvas.

This is an example of integrating SDG6 in teaching about Water and sanitation with regards to health .

Example 2

ILOs

explain SDG6 and its targets and indicators
discuss the global unequal distribution of access to safe drinking water and sanitation
describe the connection between Global Health and SDG6
explain how SDG6 interlinked with other SDGs
reflect on water as a determinant of health
discuss the relationship between water and hygiene and health

Teaching materials

Students will be asked to look at the United nation website to familiarise themselves with the SDG6 and its targets and indicators; the infographic and to view the recorded video below.

This info-graphic from the United nations report 2022 on SDG6 summarises water related issues.

Video: Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation- United nations report 2022 (2 mins)

WASH

Water and sanitation is central to sustainable development agenda, with strong linkages to many of the other propose SDGs. WASH is short for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and is one of the simplest, most cost-efficient interventions we have to improve the health of people. Perhaps you knew this already, but do you know how much water we need at the minimum to stay healthy? And what are the minimum requirements for a toilet to be of good quality? After COVID-19 the importance of hygiene ex. hands hygiene became much more evident.

In this video, Helena Nordenstedt will share some interesting and useful facts about WASH.

For students to do: read info-graphic and view the videos from the United nations report 2022 on SDG 6 and KI, then do the following tasks: Task 1) answer the 10 questions on Kahoot from UN 2023 water conference Task 2 answer the following questions by writing your answers in 1-2 A4 pages 1) what is SDG 6 and which targets does it include? 2) what is the connection between Global Health and SDG 6, give examples? Task 3) do the Quiz on Wash on the next page. Task 3)