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The world is seriously off track to meet internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 “to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030”. UN-Water’s Blueprint for Acceleration: SDG 6 ...
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities enable life-saving infection prevention and control practices, curb the spread of antimicrobial resistance, and help in delivering quality primary health care services to all. Yet, actions taken in countries are ...
Back in March, for World Water Day, we asked people around the world to create origami hummingbirds with commitments to action written inside. Thousands of people took part, helping to create enormous flocks of beautiful, colourful paper birds to raise ...
At the UN 2023 Water Conference in March, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the World Toilet Organization (WTO) and the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) joined forces to host a side event that highlighted innovative approaches to tackle the global ...
Findings from the latest edition of WHO and UN-Water’s Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) give the clearest-ever picture, from 121 countries, of where acceleration is needed to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 – water and sanitation ...
Shafique Massih is a sewer worker in Lahore, Pakistan, and the Chair of the Punjab Sanitation Workers Union. “I clear sewer system blockages. Every time I enter a sewer I don’t know if I will get out alive,” says Shafique ...
A side event at the UN 2030 Water Conference in March, convened by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) focused on accelerating progress on safe sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030. The world is alarmingly off track towards achieving ...
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation are established human rights. Yet, halfway through the Water Action Decade, billions of people are still denied them. This year, nations have pledged to drive transformation to a water-secure world, and must now ...
Accountability is about how promises are translated into action and aspirations into reality. While governments ultimately have an obligation to ensure the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation, all stakeholders have a role to play in moving ...
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective way to prevent diseases and save lives. Recent years have seen a rise in hand hygiene commitment and action ...
The theme of the AfricaSan7 Conference, to be held on 6-11 November 2023, in Swakopmund, Namibia, is “Strengthening Systems and Partnerships for Accelerated Action on Safely Managed Sanitation and Hygiene”. In Africa, 418 million people still lack a basic level ...
Around 8,000 hummingbirds landed in New York during the UN 2023 Water Conference at UN Headquarters. These colourful, origami creations were made by children all around the world as part of the ‘Be the change’ campaign for World Water Day ...
Did you know that a group of hummingbirds can be called a shimmer, charm or bouquet? For World Water Day , students around the world participated in the creation of a bouquet of hummingbirds, a colourful installation of origami birds ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) call on all nations to radically accelerate action to make water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) a reality for all. In a joint statement released on World Water Day ...
The star of the two-minute animated film for World Water Day 2023 is the hummingbird. In the ancient tale, the hummingbird is faced with a great fire and, rather than stand and stare, decides to act - trying to put ...
The UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UN DESA) has created a resource of simple actions and activities you can take to help accelerate change and raise awareness of the water and sanitation crisis. Why not try these two ...
The UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership (SWA) released a new handbook that supports parliamentarians in advancing the human rights to water and sanitation and promotes the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 worldwide. As we approach ...
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partner ALIGHT have completed rehabilitation of three water points and a health centre serving host and refugee communities in Kharsana, Keliak and Al-Meiram localities in West Kordofan, Sudan. These infrastructure assets were rehabilitated ...
The new edition of the UN World Water Development Report (UN WWDR) 2023, Partnerships and Cooperation for Water , was launched on World Water Day, 22 March. At current rates of progress, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – water and ...
The Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) believes the fastest way to solve the sanitation crisis is to turn it into an economic opportunity, led by local-market entrepreneurs, guided by multinational corporation mentors. Through its world-renowned Accelerator, the TBC provides business model ...
Despite efforts to promote hand hygiene, the rates of access to hand hygiene facilities remain stubbornly low. If current rates of progress continue, by the end of the SDG era in 2030, 1.9 billion people will still lack facilities to ...
The UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership (SWA) has released the findings of a global study on external perceptions of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as barriers to driving political prioritization and investment. Conducted by Browning Environmental ...