Goal 3 – Good Health and well-being

Ensure a healthy life for all people of all ages and promote their well-being. Eawag promotes health by researching how to preserve clean drinking water and how it can be improved in the future. With its research, Eawag helps to achieve the following subgoals of the SDGs.

Subgoals

3.2 End preventable mortality of newborns and children under five years of age.
3.3 Combat transmittable diseases.
3.4 Reduce premature mortality from non-transmittable diseases and promote mental health.
3.9 Significantly reduce the number of deaths and illnesses due to hazardous chemicals, air, water and soil pollution and contamination.
3.D Strengthen the capacities to prevent national and global health risks.
United Nations: Sustainable Development Goals

News on Goal 3

December 17, 2024

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Projects

Epidemiology on the basis of wastewater

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Epidemiology on the basis of wastewater

As part of the project, wastewater samples are investigated for substances related to public health issues. Work is underway to identify new biomarkers for public health assessment by linking the results of the wastewater analysis with existing epidemiological data. For example, this method has been used during the Corona pandemic in Switzerland.
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Groundwater Assessment Platform (GAP)

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Groundwater Assessment Platform (GAP)

As part of this project, a GIS-based online data and information portal for groundwater-related issues was developed, with a special focus on the geogenic pollutants arsenic and fluoride. These naturally occurring groundwater pollutants affect over a hundred million people worldwide with mild to severe health problems.
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Hydrogeology

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Hydrogeology

Research addresses the pressing regional and increasingly global challenges affecting groundwater and its protection as a natural resource. In addition, strategies are being developed for sustainable water supply in arid/semi-arid areas and megacities.
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E. coli in drinking water

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E. coli in drinking water

The objective of this project is to quantify the prevalence, identify risk factors and understand the transmission of pathogenic and antibiotic-resistant E. coli. For this purpose, representative nationwide surveys of drinking water and a novel and cost-effective method for screening E. coli are being used.
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REACH: Strategy to secure drinking water supply in Nepal

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REACH: Strategy to secure drinking water supply in Nepal

The REACH project aims to establish a sustainable and robust drinking water monitoring system in conjunction with a risk-based supply strategy for rural Nepal.
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Citizen Science: Knowledge as a weapon in the fight for clean water

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Citizen Science: Knowledge as a weapon in the fight for clean water

The project involves local communities in Hwange in western Zimbabwe in collecting data from water samples that showed their local water sources were polluted by coal mining companies.
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As the SDGs are closely interlinked and interdependent, this is a non-exhaustive selection of projects.