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About one-third of the global population doesn't have access to basic, clean sanitation, according to the United Nations and other organizations. The U.N., Unilever and the charity WaterAid issued a ...

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A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water, and 46% lack access ...

New research presents a global picture of who has access to safe drinking water, sanitation services and hygiene — and who doesn't — revealing persistent inequalities. Here are five new facts from the ...

Catherine Coleman Flowers is the rural development manager for the Equal Justice Initiative and an environmental health researcher working to bring basic sanitation to rural communities — a campaign ...

Billions around the world lack safe water, proper sanitation facilities, reveals UN report Some three in ten people around the world lack access to safe and readily available water at home, and almost ...

Lack of basic sanitation is a rural problem. We need a renewed commitment for rural sanitation and hygiene. We must focus on scale, equity and sustainability. Globally, two billion people lack basic ...