Tag: hygiene

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Billions suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, says Unicef and WHO report

  

  Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed* drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services, and 3 billion lack basic** hand-washing facilities.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Pope rejecting hand kissing from worshippers: a “simple question of hygiene”

  

  Pope Francis has addressed the mystery of why he withdrew his hand from worshippers' kisses, explaining it was a “simple question of hygiene”. Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti said the Pope was worried about germs when meeting Catholics last Wednesday.