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A simple act of handwashing plays a pivotal role in reducing the incidences of several respiratory infections and chronic diseases. So, let's roll up our sleeves, lather up, and spread the message of handwashing

WUHAN - China - As the Coronavirus spreads rapidly, no one is mentioning the faecal matter in Chinese drinking water supplies, especially when the Coronavirus has been found in human faecal samples.

In 2010, the human right to safe drinking water was recognized by the United Nations as part of a binding international law. Only 81 per cent of the global population will have access to clean drinking water, leaving 1.6 billion without, by 2030, according to the Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Millions more people got access to water. Can they drink it?

New pandemic advice from the New York Times: Practicing good hygiene may be worse than COVID-19 The title of a puzzling opinion piece published recently in the New York Times, written by author Markham Heid, asks: “Can we learn to live with germs again?” The subtitle proceeds to answer the curious question by suggesting that our health depends on resuming our pre-pandemic “lifestyles that expose us to bacteria, despite the risks” posed by the coronavirus. In short, the entire article p...

Innovation in Financing Brightens WASH Galaxy: Funding for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Starts to Arrive Faster, With Clearer Requirements This article originally appeared on Circle of Blue and is the second in a series on the global status of universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, produced through a collaboration between Circle of Blue and the Wilson Center. People devoted to financing water, sanitation and hygiene in developing nations worried for much of 2020. Utility custome...

Innovation in Financing Brightens WASH Galaxy Funding for water, sanitation and hygiene starts to arrive faster, with clearer requirements By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue April 26, 2021 People devoted to financing water, sanitation and hygiene in developing nations worried for much of 2020. Utility customers stopped paying their water bills. Funders altered their priorities. Heads of state turned their attention to other virus-related emergencies. But did COVID-19 affect funding enough to sl...

Launching of “MuniWASH” Program The United States and Côte d’Ivoire Launch “MuniWASH” Program to Improve Access to Potable Water and Sanitation On December 8, 2020, Ivoirian interim Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Vagondo Diomandé and U.S. Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire Richard Bell launched the Municipal Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene activity (MuniWASH), a U.S. government-funded regional assistance program to improve access to potable water and sa...