《促進發展的水、衛生和衛生雜志》是一份經過同行審查的雜志，致力于在地方、國家和國際各級傳播關于飲用水供應、衛生和衛生的科學、政策和做法的高質量信息。該雜志發表原創文章，包括研究、分析、評論和評論。它強調發展中國家和中等收入國家以及全世界處境不利社區所關切的問題，例如:供水:間歇供水、社區和公用事業供水、水處理、分配、儲存和使用、取水和水質衛生:收集、運輸、處理、使用、排放、現場及場外衛生、資源回收衛生:行為，教育，改變技術和管理問題:傳統和創新方法的特點和限制、技術選擇和技術應用的邊界、新出現的問題、緊急情況和災害、對健康、貧窮和發展的影響、可持續性、需求、銷售、組織供應鏈體制發展:公共和私營部門的作用、能力建設、治理、教育和培訓融資和經濟分析:包括成本效益和成本效益、補貼的作用和影響、使用費、金融工具、融資方面的創新政策:審查關于提供服務的國家政策、人權和以權利為基礎的方針政策的作用的所有方面和發展情況，制定適當和可擴大的法律和規章辦法、規范和標準國際政策:援助與援助效果;國際目標、公約和協定、聯合國和國際政策

The Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the dissemination of high-quality information on the science, policy and practice of drinking-water supply, sanitation and hygiene at local, national and international levels.The journal publishes original contributions including research, analysis, review and commentary. It emphasizes issues of concern in developing and middle-income countries and in disadvantaged communities world-wide, such as:Water supply: intermittent supply, community and utility water supplies, water treatment, distribution, storage and use, water access and qualitySanitation: collection, transport, treatment, use, discharge, on-site and off-site sanitation, resources recoveryHygiene: behaviours, education, changeTechnical and managerial issues: characteristics of and constraints to conventional and innovative approaches, technical options and boundaries of technical application, emerging issues, emergencies and disasters, impacts on health, poverty and development, sustainability, demand, marketing, organizing supply chainsInstitutional development: roles of public and private sector, capacity building, governance, education and trainingFinancing and economic analysis: including cost-effectiveness and cost-benefits, role and impact of subsidies, user fees, financial instruments, innovations in financingPolicy: examining all aspects and developments in the role of national policy on service provision, human rights and rights-based approaches policy, developing appropriate and scaleable legal and regulatory approaches, norms and standardsInternational policy: aid and aid effectiveness; international targets, conventions and agreements, UN and international policy