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Flagship report
13 November 2023

The climate-changed child

This report builds on 2021’s Children’s Climate Risk Index and examines water scarcity and water vulnerability along with the critical actions the international community must take at COP28 to protect children against climate change.
Press release
06 July 2023

Women and girls bear brunt of water and sanitation crisis – new UNICEF-WHO report

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 6 July 2023 – Globally, women are most likely to be responsible for fetching water for households, while girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to bear the responsibility, and spend more time doing it each day, according to a new report released today by UNICEF and WHO. Progress on household dri...
Report
06 July 2023

Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 aims to ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’ and includes targets for universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UN...
Report
20 March 2023

Triple Threat

UNICEF’s latest report highlights the triple burden examining the WASH-related threats facing children at the intersection of access to WASH services, the burden of WASH-related diseases and climate threats. UNICEF is urging the international community to join in on securing safe water and sanitation for all.
Press release
20 March 2023

A triple threat of water-related crises is endangering the lives of 190 million children - UNICEF

NEW YORK, 20 March 2023 – 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards – according to a new UNICEF analysis. The triple threat was found to be most acu...
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15 November 2022

WASH-Nutrition Strategy

This document was prepared by UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, under the leadership of Christophe Valingot and the review of Joachim Peeters (WASH Specialist) and Arnaud Laillou (Nutrition Specialist), on behalf of the WASH Regional Group and the Nutrition Regional Group. This WASH - Nutrition s...
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27 September 2022

WASH Severity Classification Report, and Overview of WASH Severity Classification in Niger

L’exercice de Classification de la Sévérité WASH (WASH Severity Classification, WSC) conduit au Niger en juillet-aout 2021 a déterminé que les conditions en termes d’eau, assainissement et hygiène (EHA) de l’ensemble du pays étaient en phase 3 (crise), à l’exception des départements de Mayahi (Maradi) et Ayerou (T...
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27 September 2022

WASH Severity Classification

WASH Severity Classification  The absence of a recognized and standardized framework to transform complex data into actionable information has become a bottleneck in decision-making processes for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector. To remedy this, a novel WASH Severity Classification system (WSC) has...
Press release
24 August 2022

Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF

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. “History shows that when high levels of severe acute m...
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29 July 2022

Advocacy note on persistent cholera outbreaks in West and Central Africa

The persistent and increasing number of cholera outbreaks in West and Central Africa are of growing concern. These outbreaks are causes of widespread death among a population already affected by an alarming food security status and with a high rate of malnutrition. This advocacy note by the Regional Cholera Platfo...
Report
20 March 2022

Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa (2000-2020)

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH. This snapsh...
Press release
20 March 2022

Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report

DAKAR, 22 March 2022 – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets on water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa will require a dramatic acceleration in the current rates of progress, according to a UNICEF/WHO special report focused on Africa, launched today at the World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal. T...