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29 March 2021

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: closing the gap to end neglected tropical diseases

On World Water Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its strategy on water, sanitation and hygiene as part...
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25 March 2021

New UNICEF publication address water insecurity

The world is in a water crisis, and children’s lives and futures are at risk. Today , over 1.42...
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21 March 2021

UN World Water Development Report 2021 ‘Valuing Water’

Launch of UN World Water Development Report 2021: determining the true value of the “blue gold” we need to...
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19 March 2021

UN General Assembly hold High-Level meeting on water

On 18 March, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) held a High-Level Meeting on the water-related goals and targets of...
Noon Briefing Guest, President of IFAD.
18 March 2021

34th UN-Water Meeting

The 34th UN-Water Meeting was convened as a virtual event 15-17 March 2021, immediately prior to the High-Level Meeting...
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15 March 2021

Snapshot of Global and Regional Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Inequalities

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 calls for universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for all people...
Right to Water
12 March 2021

Hand Hygiene for All report

The Hand Hygiene for All Initiative (HH4A) sets out to accelerate progress towards hand hygiene for all by 2030...
MINUSMA meets university students of Bamako
08 March 2021

World Youth Parliament for Water online General Assembly

The World Youth Parliament for Water host virtual General Assembly from March 22 to 26. The General Assembly aim...
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05 March 2021

New data on global progress towards ensuring water and sanitation for all by 2030

The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 has gathered the latest country, region and world data on all...
SDG 6 Summary Progress Update 2021_News
04 March 2021

New data on global progress towards ensuring water and sanitation for all by 2030

The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 has gathered the latest country, region and world data on all...

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