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Women fetching water in Ethiopia, seen from behind.
04 July 2023

WHO/UNICEF: new report on WASH in households

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) 2023 update report, Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2022: Special...
cholera vaccination of child
03 July 2023

UNICEF report: World faces ‘red alert’ for children’s health

Vaccination coverage dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving millions more children unprotected against some of childhood’s most serious...
Women working in vegetable garden, Madagascar
29 June 2023

Water to flow through the 43rd FAO Conference

The global water crisis impacts on food security, livelihoods, and the wellbeing of billions of people worldwide and of...
Flooded street in India
26 June 2023

Bottom-Up Approaches Enhance Resilient Water Management Against Climate Risks

A pioneering initiative led by UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP), Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), and International Center...
Check-up of baby child
22 June 2023

WHO webinar on disease burden linked to unsafe WASH

The event will coincide with the unveiling of WHO’s Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and...
Water pump in rural comunity
19 June 2023

New sourcebook on multi-stakeholder partnerships in water management

The Global Water Partnership (GWP), a leading authority on water governance, has launched a resource on managing multi-stakeholder partnerships...
General Assembly
13 June 2023

SDG 6 at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), July 2023

The theme of HLPF 2023 is “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of...
Girl washing her hands
12 June 2023

WHO/UNICEF joint statement: “Our lifetime opportunity to enable water, sanitation and hygiene for all”

In a joint statement, released on World Water Day, 22 March, WHO and UNICEF make a plea for urgent...
IWA awards
08 June 2023

Call for nominations for the 2023 IWA Water and Development Awards

IWA is the International Water Association, a nonprofit organization and knowledge hub for the water sector, connecting water professionals...
Street view after Flooding in Marikina, Philippines
05 June 2023

Symposium to Commemorate the UN 2023 Water Conference

The UN 2023 Water Conference was held from 22 and 24 March 2023 in New York. The primary aim...

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