The Center for Global Safe WASH

The Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (CGSW) focuses on increasing access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, and appropriate hygiene as part of a global strategy to break the cycle of poverty and disease in developing countries.

World Toilet Day is November 19th

Right now, there are 3.5 billion people still living without safe toilets. 419 million people still practise ‘open defecation’. In these situations, diseases spread, killing 1,000 children under-five every single day. This global crisis poses a threat to nature and everyone’s health, particularly women, girls, and other vulnerable groups.

Your actions – however small – will help improve toilets and sanitation systems and protect nature. We are now counting down to 2030, with just seven years left to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – safe toilets and water for all by 2030.

Remembering our Founder, Dr. Eugene J. Gangarosa 1926-2022

Women Carrying Water

Strength and number of women faculty set Rollins Center for Global Safe WASH apart

The Gangarosa Family Endows a New Chair at American University of Beirut

The Gangarosa Family recently endowed a new Chair of Water and Sanitation at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut.

(photo: Dr. Gangarosa with AUB President Hoelscher, FAFS Dean Fischer, and FM Dean Khuri 1970)

CGSW Seminar Series

Now you can view select prior years’ CGSW lectures and seminars.

International & Domestic Research

Researchers from the Center for Global Safe WASH at Emory have spearheaded a number of research projects globally and in the local Atlanta area.  Click here to learn more about our research portfolio.

The Atlanta Consortium

A unique and innovative consortium addressing safe water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges that affect billions of people across the world.  Click here to learn more about our partnership.