United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
To address the challenges related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), UNICEF works with partners to strengthen national systems, with particular attention to gender considerations; UNICEF also support initiatives for WASH in schools and health centres, taking into account the specific needs of women, girls and children living with disabilities.
Integrating the core principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme UNICEF as per new UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 for children, UNICEF WASH support focusses on action within SDG Goal 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” which include delivering safe water to unreached populations, improved girl-friendly sanitation and handwashing facilities, and the delivery of services in homes, schools and health centres in times of stability and conflict alike
Strengthening the Enabling Environment, WASH Bottleneck Analysis
UNICEF: A Gathering Storm. Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh UN-Water 29 April, 2019 Devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change are threatening the lives and futures of more than 19 million children in Bangladesh, UNICEF said earl … Read more
WHO and UNICEF launch report on WASH in Health Care Facilities UN-Water 3 April, 2019 Geneva/New York, 3 April — One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNIC … Read more
UNICEF Water Under Fire advocacy alert UN-Water 1 April, 2019 To mark World Water Day, UNICEF released Water Under Fire, an Advocacy Alert that highlights the issues children face in accessing water in times of crisis, and demonstrates the response needed through case studies from Ukraine, Banglades … Read more
Commemoration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report UN-Water 18 March, 2019 Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Wat … Read more
Water and sanitation for health facility improvement tool UN-Water 7 March, 2019 A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities. UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) have collaborated to produce the WASH FIT tool in Arabic, Engli … Read more
