Poor sanitation is linked to transmission of serious diseases, it can undermine individual dignity and safety, and it affects social and economic development. In 2022, only 57% of the global ...

New research presents a global picture of who has access to safe drinking water, sanitation services and hygiene — and who doesn't — revealing persistent inequalities. Here are five new facts from the ...

Lack of basic sanitation is a rural problem. We need a renewed commitment for rural sanitation and hygiene. We must focus on scale, equity and sustainability. Globally, two billion people lack basic ...

Barbara Frost is the Chief Executive of WaterAid, a leading independent organization that enables the world's poorest to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. She is currently ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the situation “unacceptable” from a moral, economic and health standpoint: “We must ensure everyone, everywhere has access to safe and hygienic sanitation ...

The agency allegedly deployed fewer workers and tractor-trolleys than mandated. MCG warned of further action if deficiencies ...

Every day, more than 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by poor water quality and a lack of access to adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities. An estimated 4.2 million people around ...

(Washington, DC) – A high-level international meeting on sanitation should address barriers to realizing the human right to sanitation with privacy and dignity, Human Rights Watch said in a report ...

The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It's far from reaching that goal. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

The stark reality of informal settlements in South Africa is daily evidence of the persistent inequalities that scar our nation, which drive migration and urbanisation, as people go in search of ...