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A child leans over to fillsup water cans through water taps

Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report

If current progress trends continue, very few African Union member states may achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030

WASH Systems in Rural Areas of the CAREC

Best practices and solutions in the WASH sector.

(PDF, 11,32 MB)

Claudine and her child heading back to their home in Mantara, Madagascar, after walking 14km to find water.

One in five children globally does not have enough water to meet their everyday needs – UNICEF

UNICEF launches new initiative, Water Security for All, to mobilize global support and resources to reach children in water vulnerable hotspots

Safe, Sanitary Toilets for All

17 November 2020

Safe, Sanitary Toilets for All

China is working to provide everyone with safe, sanitary toilets, and UNICEF is contributing expertise, innovation and partners.

Children wash hands with soap at Zhongzhou Kindergarten of Zhong County in Chongqing, China on 4 June 2020.

16 November 2020

South-South Cooperation on Water and Sanitation

Partnership is key to address the challenges.

Hamsatou Bolly, 13, washes her hands at the Socoura displacement camp in Mopti.

15 October 2020

Lack of handwashing with soap puts millions at increased risk to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases

July 23, 2020 - Kampong Speu (Cambodia). Socheata plays with his cousins outside the family house.

Recover, Rebound, Reimagine

This report sheds light on the many ways COVID-19 has impacted the region’s 2.2 billion people – with the most vulnerable families often hit the hardest.

(PDF, 9,09 MB)

Children learn handwashing technique during the installation of a drinking water tank that will benefit 350 families at the Sierra Nevada Community, in the Zulia state, on April 23, 2020.

2 in 5 schools around the world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic — UNICEF, WHO

On 3 April 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya, a young boy follows instructions as he is shown how to wash hands properly keenly at a water station in Kibera, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“To control COVID-19, we have to make hand hygiene accessible to all” – UNICEF and WHO

Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on the launch of the ‘Hand Hygiene for All’ joint initiative

Soro Sali, a 39 years old woman is practicing Kangaroo, at the Regional Hospital of Korhogo, in the North of Côte d'Ivoire.

As COVID-19 devastates already fragile health systems, over 6,000 additional children under five could die a day, without urgent action

UNICEF launches #Reimagine, a global campaign to prevent the pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children