Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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Sanitation and Open Defecation

Every child has a right to adequate hygiene and sanitation.

23/01/2019

Water splashes as children fill jerrycans at an outdoor tap

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Every child has a right to water, sanitation and a safe and clean community.

21/06/2018

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Ending open defecation in Guinea-Bissau

How an entire region in Guinea-Bissau gave up going out in the open and started using toilets instead

22/07/2019

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The role of water in conflicts around the world.

21/03/2019

L’introduction des pompes à eau a aussi donné à des filles telles que Sadia la possibilité de poursuivre leur éducation.

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Sadia retrouve l’école

Sadia marchait de quatre à Huit kilomètres par jour pour collecter de l’eau au détriment de sa scolarité

20/03/2019

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What We Do

Discover how UNICEF builds a better future for every child in West and Central Africa.

07/02/2019

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UNICEF convenes key players in sanitation markets in West Africa

Industry, Government and Development Partners Meet in Abuja to Strengthen Local Sanitation Market

14/11/2018

Children are carrying water from a source built by the UNICEF in Tshinyama, a village near Miabi, located 30 km north-west of Mbuji-mayi, in the direction of Kananga, in the province of Kasai Orientale, in the south Of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region plagued by conflict between the militia of the traditional leader Kamuina Nsapu and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) since June 2016.

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More than 80,000 children returned from Angola to DR Congo in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - UNICEF

30/10/2018

Seated on the lap of his mother, Okachatata Ichaka, 16 months old, is found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition during a screening at the health center of reference in Gao.

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Nutrition Crisis in Mali

The nutritional situation of children under 5 years in the Sahel countries remains worrying and may worsen further.

18/07/2018

Hawa Oimar, 15, who is in grade CM1, writes on a blackboard in a classroom at the school she attends in Danamadja, southern Chad, Tuesday 13 June 2017.

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2017 Consolidated Emergency Report

How UNICEF delivered for children in emergencies in 2017

10/06/2018

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