Year	Type of policy	Major tasks and provisions
1900-1993	Public health Services and Ethiopian national health Policy	Sanitation standards and small-scale drinking water system constructions and latrines in rural areas
2001	Water supply and sanitation policy	Implement and treat the waste
2002	Environmental policy	Environmental pollution control
2004	The health extension program was started	Mandate major activities to encourage sanitation and hygiene and establish a monitoring and evaluation system, as well as the execution of a countrywide water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.
2005	Developed the national on-site sanitation strategy, signed the national memorandum of understanding, initiated the national WASH campaign, and employed health extension staff.	It puts forward three strategic pillars for improved sanitation and hygiene: creating an enabling environment, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, and improved access to hardware.
2006	National hygiene and on-site sanitation protocol developed	Progress made in improving Sanitation & Health and implementation and future directions.
2013	Waste management policy	The proclamation confers on waste management or sanitation.
2011-2015	National sanitation and hygiene strategic action plan	The strategy primarily focuses on hygiene and sanitation that is implemented for the wastes handling mechanism.