Dr. Maria Neira

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|
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