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 ...

A new WHO report shows that while efforts to improve global water and sanitation are gaining pace, there are some serious funding gaps - particularly in rural areas.

Bruce Gordon is unit head, water, sanitation, hygiene and health at the WHO. While dramatic acceleration is needed, he says only 25 percent of countries are on track to meet their target for ...

The acronym WASH, which stands for “water, sanitation, and hygiene,” is often associated with nonprofits like the World Toilet Organization, working in developing parts of the globe.But the ...

In 2020, two billion people worldwide lacked safe drinking water, 3.6 billion lived without safely-managed sanitation, and 2.3 billion lacked basic hygiene — and 129 countries aren't on track to ...

At a most basic level, human beings cannot survive without water. Equally important is sanitation, a lack of which negatively affects our quality of life and claims the lives of millions each year.

Water, sanitation and hygiene education are essential in the fight against diarrhoeal diseases, such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery, because they put barriers in the "faecal-oral" transmission ...

Active. IN Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program. The development objective of the Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for India is to improve the performance of ...

One of the biggest challenges is that many people, especially in rural areas and informal settlements do not have access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities. Tuesday, July 8 ...