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Join us  for the inaugural session of UNEP’s Wastewater Surveillance for Africa webinar series, moderated in collaboration with WHO. This series aims to build capacity and facilitate knowledge exchange on wastewater and environmental surveillance across Africa, by highlighting key topics and practical case studies. 

  • When: 03 July 2025
  • Time: 15:00–16:30 (EAT)
  • Where: Online

This kick-off event "Introduction to Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance: Public Health and Ecosystem Protection” will explore how wastewater surveillance can provide early warning of disease outbreaks while supporting the protection of ecosystems across the continent. 

Featured presentations come from Dr. Kerrigan McCarthy (National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa) on public health applications and Innocent Makello (Environmental Management Agency, Uganda) on ecosystem protection through wastewater and environmental surveillance, with moderation and opening remarks by UNEP and WHO experts.

UNEP Global Wastewater Initiative:  The Global Wastewater Initiative (GWWI) is a multi-stakeholder partnership launched by UNEP in 2013. Its purpose is to address wastewater-related issues, prompt coordinated action and encourage new investments for sustainable wastewater management. The GWWI intends to bring about a paradigm shift in the way wastewater is seen, from waste to a resource, and prevent further pollution and degradation of our aquatic environment.

Join the partnership: click here to apply!

WHO: The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide.

With financial support from:

EU DG HERA: The Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority’s (HERA) mission is to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to health emergencies. HERA was launched as a new European Commission Directorate-General on 16 September 2021, and carries out the Commission’s policies related to health preparedness and crisis response and ensuring the resilience of healthcare systems across Europe. 

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