sanitation

Billions around the world lack safe water, proper sanitation facilities, reveals UN report

Some three in ten people around the world lack access to safe and readily available water at home, and almost six in ten to safely managed sanitation, a new United Nations report has warned, calling on countries to do more to fulfil these basic human needs.

2018-04-22T11:51:23-04:0012 Jul 2017|Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

‘Radical’ investments needed to meet global water and sanitation targets – UN report

Against the backdrop of almost two billion people around the world relying on sources of drinking-water contaminated with faeces, the United Nations has called on countries to “radically” increase investments in water and sanitation infrastructure not only to protect their populations from deadly diseases but also to ensure that they are able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

2018-04-22T11:53:45-04:0013 Apr 2017|Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

Sanitation becomes separate UN human right in enhanced fight against infection

With more than 2.5 billion people worldwide, one third of the total population, living without access to proper toilets, the United Nations General Assembly has recognised sanitation as a separate human right in a bid to curb a major source of deadly infections.

2018-04-22T12:02:04-04:0004 Jan 2016|Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

New global arena needed to confront water challenges, UN board says

The supreme importance of water and sanitation to development and well-being merits creation of a powerful new global arena inside the UN, dedicated to resolving water conflicts and common challenges while tracking progress against the world’s newly-agreed development goals.

2018-04-22T12:03:27-04:0018 Nov 2015|Goal 6: Water and Sanitation, News|

UN health agency unveils sanitation and hygiene plan towards eradicating tropical diseases by 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it is strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene services to accelerate progress in eliminating and eradicating neglected tropical diseases by 2020 that affect more than 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations.

2018-04-22T12:07:41-04:0027 Aug 2015|Goal 3: Good Health, News|

Despite gains, 2.4 billion people worldwide still lack basic sanitation – UN report

United Nations agencies tracking access to water and sanitation targets against the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) warned today that the lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water.

2018-04-22T12:08:58-04:0030 Jun 2015|Goal 3: Good Health, News|

Deputy UN chief calls for ‘hydro-diplomacy’ as world faces growing water shortages

30 March 2015 - The international community must gear up for a new era of “hydro-diplomacy” as the threat of water scarcity risks plunging the world into a period of geopolitical tension and stunted development, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told delegates gathered at the General Assembly today.

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