Strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems needs to be at the heart of any initiative aiming to advance the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6 – ensuring availability and su...
The concept of Sustainable yield and how to estimate it from test pumping and the importance of monitoring to assess both resource (aquifers) and infrastructure (boreholes) status was the main focus.
The new WASHBAT Country Implementation Guide incorporates more than 10 years of implementation of this tool in several countries. This new version has a new module to support the implementation of Ris...
In 2018-2019, UNICEF HQ developed a value for money (VFM) Excel-based tool to report on the Accelerating Sanitation and Water for All (ASWA) programme in 17 countries. Other countries have also used t...
COP-27 (Conference of Parties) took place between 7 and 18 November, 2022 in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt). UNICEF sent its largest-ever delegation to the conference, participating and organizing 11 high-le...
Inadequate WASH services and behaviours result in diarrhoea, cholera, respiratory infections, malnutrition and stunting with cognitive development impacts. UNICEF believes immediate and concerted effo...
UNICEF will use its participation in the UN 2023 Water Conference to reinforce its support to the Water Action Agenda. UNICEF has articulated its commitments to WASH in the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2022-...
The opportunity before us is to promote water security; in so doing, we are quite simply safeguarding life. This can only be achieved if people have access to water that is safe and affordable, from r...
Key messages
The effects of water scarcity on business, people and the planet are interlinked. Securing an adequate supply of clean water despite the damage inflicted by climate change is one of the ...