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Water and sanitation

The challenge, Worldwide, 844 million people lack even a basic source of drinking water and 2.3 billion do not have access to basic sanitation facilities like latrines. This leaves communities – children among them – exposed to harmful substances that cause life-threatening diseases.   For children under five...

Water, sanitation and hygiene tender calendar 2024

UNICEF Supply Division plans to initiate several tender processes for the renewal of global long-term arrangements (LTAs) for water and sanitation products. Companies that can supply such products and are interested in being invited to those tenders should express their interest by completing the relevant web form(s) linked below. Product type…

UNICEF finds solutions to provide safe water to children no matter where they live

Around the world, 785 million still people do not have basic access to safe and affordable drinking water. The effects of climate change will only increase the threat to water quality, particularly where water is scarce or in regions that are more prone to natural disasters. To make sure children have access to sa...

No child should have to drink dirty water

Clean water is something many people take for granted, when they’re thirsty they simply turn on a tap or open a bottle of water.   But this is not the case for an estimated 1 in 3 people around the world who lack access to safe drinking water . Many rely on water from rivers, lakes or shallow wells that can b...

Household water treatment filters - product guide

The purpose of this product guide is to raise awareness on the different products that are available on the market with the aim of empowering local procurement of water filtration products wherever possible. The publication underlines that none of the existing filter technologies is a perfect and universal solutio...

Responding with supplies to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth

In the days leading up to Cyclone Idai’s predicted landfall on 14 March 2019, UNICEF quickly mobilized to prepare for a rapid response in its aftermath. This included reviewing contingency stock availability, prepositioning supplies and confirming the validity of local long-term arrangements (LTAs) for goods ...