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 ...

Access to clean water, proper sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are essential human rights. However, an alarming 785 million people across the globe use unsafe drinking water, while almost 2.4 billion ...

Despite the progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people across the ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series on food safety costs for businesses. The series is sponsored by CERTUS Food Safety. This piece explores the development of effective sanitation practices. When ...

The United Nations commemorates World Toilet Day every year on 19 November to draw global attention to the alarming statistic that 4.2 billion people live without adequate sanitation services. Ahead ...

Safe sanitation remains out of reach for a large share of the global population. Open defecation, unplanned sanitation systems, and unhygienic environments continue to fuel serious health risks every ...

The Lagos state government on Sunday, July 21, said it will continue with the sanitation advocacy campaigns until residents imbibe good environmental and hygiene practices. Special Adviser to the ...

Lagos state in 2023 recorded a 65 percent success in sanitation standards in schools, especially in the accreditation process for private schools, as against the 10 percent in 2021, it has been learnt ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...