Why is the world ignoring the water revolution?
Everyone needs water in sufficient quantity and portable quality to live a healthy life. The many uses of water are directly related to the economic, social mental and physical health […]
View ArticleSafe water – a glass half full
More than half of all Ethiopians have access to an improved source of drinking water, but the country still has much work to do if it hopes to achieve its […]
View ArticleZimbabwean minister blames Britain for poor water, sanitation
Thirty two years after obtaining independence from Britain, Zimbabwe’s Local government Minister Ignatius Chombo, here has accused the former colonial masters of relegating rural communities during the...
View ArticleProject targets hygiene and water sanitation in schools
A new set of guidelines for sanitation and hygiene in schools aimed at significantly reducing water-related diseases among students was launched at the Education Ministry in Beirut last Thursday. The […]
View ArticleNamibia experiencing worst drought in 30 years
Namibia is experiencing its worst drought in 30 years. UNICEF says thousands of women and children are at risk of malnutrition. Without grazing, livestock farmers are being forced to sell […]
View ArticleWill the UN meets its Millennium Development Goals?
Water experts are sceptical about whether UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be fully met by 2015; unless the current pace is dramatic accelerated, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The...
View ArticleSetting concrete targets for water and sanitation
Governments from 50 countries recently gathered in Washington for the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting. They met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony...
View ArticleWater and sanitation inequalities still prevalent
Too many people still lack a basic level of drinking water and sanitation, says Dr Maria Neira, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of […]
View ArticleWater & sanitation MDG progress update
Sub-Saharan Africa still has a long way to go to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. Close to half of the global population without water resides in sub-Saharan […]
View ArticleShocking figures: 150 000 children a year die from poor sanitation
In the region of 150 000 children a year die in Nigeria resulting from poor sanitation and consuming unsafe water – resulting in diarrhoea. This is according to the United Nations […]
View ArticleLack of sanitation spurs new goals
Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the environmental health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water...
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