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World Toilet Day 2021- Virtual Dialogue
To mark World Toilet Day 2021, a special event is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 19 November. The President of the UN General Assembly... Read more
Water action as answer to climate change – collaborative action for resilience
At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, a multimedia Water Pavilion is hosted between 1 – 12 November 2021. The Water Pavilion programme offers a wide-ranging and inclusive... Read more
2021 State of the World’s Hand Hygiene report
All households in the world’s 46 least developed countries could have handwashing facilities by 2030 if the world invested less than US$1 per person per year, in hand hygiene, according... Read more
World Toilet Day 2021: Valuing toilets
World Toilet Day, 19 November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the... Read more
State of the world’s hand hygiene report launched on Global Handwashing Day
Global Handwashing Day, on 15 October, is the annual day dedicated to the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.... Read more
State of Climate Services: Water
The 2021 report was launched last week by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The high-level online event was attended by representatives of major organizations and... Read more
Water and Health Conference hosted online 4-8 October 2021
The UNC Water and Health Conference is convened online 4-8 October 2021. This year’s event, themed ‘Science, Policy and Practice’, invites professionals everywhere to participate. A selection of sessions hosted... Read more
Virtual workshop: Strengthening the integration of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in UN-Water’s work
In a virtual workshop hosted this week by OHCHR, various UN-Water Members and Partners discussed the development of a roadmap to strengthen the integration of the human rights to water... Read more
Costing hand hygiene interventions
A new tool launched by WHO and UNICEF is designed to estimate the cost of interventions to improve hand hygiene in domestic settings. Adequate levels of funding are critical to... Read more