UNICEF
WHO and UNICEF launch hand hygiene for all global initiative
The Hand Hygiene for All is a call to action for all of society to achieve universal hand hygiene and stopping the spread of COVID-19. On Friday WHO and UNICEF... Read more
UNICEF: Over 5 million children in Yemen are facing a heightened threat of cholera
UNICEF, warns that over 5 million children under the age of five in Yemen are facing a... Read more
The 2020 Data Drive: Joining Forces to Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6
The SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 concluded that the world is far from reaching... Read more
UNICEF Global Framework for Urban WASH
As of 2018 an estimated 4.2 billion people, or 55 per cent of the global population, were living in urban areas. A third of... Read more
Joint celebration of World Meteorological Day and World Water Day in Geneva
In 2020, World Water Day (22 March) and World Meteorological Day (23 March) share the same theme: Climate Change and Water. This provides an... Read more
UNICEF global framework for urban water, sanitation and hygiene
The world is rapidly urbanising, swelling impoverished urban settlement populations – exacerbating exclusion and inequality in access to WASH services for... Read more
Equitable access to water and sanitation is still a challenge for Europe
According to the latest information from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP),... Read more
World Water Day 2020 – Water and Climate Change
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Water... Read more
WHO and UNICEF launch information package to address WASH problems in schools
WHO and UNICEF have recently launched an information package titled Improving health and learning through better water, sanitation and hygiene... Read more