Tag: Sanjay Wijesekera

• Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 20:27 UTC

  Lack of sanitation for 2.4 billion people undermining health improvements

  

  Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water and sanitation against the Millennium Development Goals.

• Monday, March 23rd 2015 - 19:55 UTC

  UN calls for global unity in pursuit of better water access for all

  

  As the perils of climate change increasingly threaten the planet, the international community must unite in “a spirit of urgent cooperation” to address the many water-related challenges facing humanity, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Sunday.