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Jun 2, 2023 · ISLAMABAD, 9 January 2023 – More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned today. Acute respiratory infections among children, a leadi...
May 22, 2023 · UNICEF in India accords high priority to the provision of safe sanitation and water services to people in rural areas and has over the past many years aided through catalytic technical support to the Government of India and 15 state governments in the implementation of the various sanitation programmes and since 2... 04 May 2023.
It is estimated that waterborne diseases have an economic burden of approximately USD 600 million a year in India. This is especially true for drought- and flood-prone areas, which affected a third of India’s population in the past couple of years. Moreover, two-thirds of India’s 718 districts are affected by extreme water depletion.
Mar 22, 2022 · More than 1.5 million children at risk as devastating floods hit Nigeria. ABUJA/NEW YORK, 21 October 2022– More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance – 60 per cent of which are children – and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe flooding in the ...
May 29, 2024 · Titli's hope for a brighter future in the wake of floods. Article. 29 May 2024. ‘Now the place is clean we can all play!’: Six-year-old Shaila’s Joy. UNICEF Bangladesh. Research and reports. Media centre.
Mar 10, 2020 · The Netherlands donates US$ 22 million. JUBA, South Sudan 24 October 2019 – Today, The Kingdom of the Netherlands signed a partnership agreement with UNICEF, providing US$ 22 million to improve access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in South Sudan. The agreement was signed at the Dutch Embassy in Juba by Her Excellency ...
Sep 2, 2021 · PORT-AU-PRINCE / PANAMA CITY, 2 September 2021.- About 540,000 children in the southwest of earthquake-stricken Haiti are now facing the possible re-emergence of waterborne diseases, UNICEF warned today. Severe conditions in southwestern Haiti where over half million children lack access to shelter, drinking water...
Jul 29, 2022 · NEW YORK/NAIROBI/DAKAR, 23 August 2022 – Children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in devastating numbers unless urgent support is provided, as severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease collide – UNICEF warns during World Water Week.
Mar 19, 2021 · “Waterborne diseases are rampant in Papua New Guinea because the majority of the country’s rural population is drinking unsafe water from sources like surface running water and piped and well water that are exposed to contaminants,” UNICEF Representative, Dr. Claudes Kamenga said today.
Jun 20, 2023 · Malawi has experienced its worst cholera outbreak in its recorded history, with 58,616 cases and 1,756 deaths registered up until May 2023. Despite the school being located in Chikwawa, one of the districts impacted by the cholera outbreak and Cyclone Freddy, it has not reported any cases. "The hygiene supplies we received, and the WASH ...
