Clean water plays a decisive role in protecting health, yet millions worldwide still lack reliable access to safe supplies.

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic - persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

World Bank projects in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Papua New Guinea are working to improve water and sanitation access. These projects are expected to benefit a total of 185,000 people by 2026, over ...

Sustainable, modern water systems built by UNICEF and partners are benefiting more than 18,000 people, addressing dire ...

This year's World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, has  raised challenges Nigerians, including women and girls are facing in water and sanitation ...

Chemistry’s role in addressing global clean water challenges. The 2024 ACS Sustainability Summit explored the vital role of chemistry in advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and ...

Growing up, Amaka Godfrey remembers how much of her life revolved around water. She'd have to lug a can of water to her primary school in Nigeria each day, which had no water of its own. Later, in ...

WASH is the collective term for water, sanitation and hygiene. While each is a separate field of work, they are interdependent and contribute to the overall protection, health, well-being and ...

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Testing water.(Photo/NARF) U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), ...

Many of us have never questioned whether we'd have water to drink, bathe, or cook on a given day. But for about one in 10 people around the world without clean water close to home, that question ...