text: COVID 19 Pandemic and Water Sanitation and Hygiene Impacts Challenges and Mitigation Strategies In order to protect public health during the outbreaks of infectious diseases including the pandemic COVID 19 provision of Water Sanitation and Hygiene WASH services is important The challenges of inaccessible WASH services along with the pandemic COVID 19 in low income countries can lead to a devastating problem A systematic search of published articles was identified using PubMed Web of Science and Google Scholar on relevant studies of COVID 19 and WASH services Published articles were identified using abstracts and titles of the articles followed by assessed for eligibility and screening of the full text reports of relevant studies Electronic database search identified 798 articles from which 28 full text articles were included in the systematic review A lack of access to WASH services in households schools health care facilities and other public spaces were the main identified COVID 19 related public health risks A lack of adequate data and financial shortages were the challenges for mitigating the problems of COVI 19 and WASH services This systematical review identified the impacts and challenges of COVID 19 in the provision of WASH services The results implied that COVID 19 has significant impacts on WASH services that can affect the health of the public Therefore strengthening and ensuring access to WASH services are important for preventing COVID 19 and realizing human rights Community engagement also can be used to support for prevention and control of COVID 19 Countries need to be expand their investment in WASH services as an important mechanism for mitigating COVID 19 