Tag:WASH

Nearly a decade after the 2017 exodus, the Rohingya crisis remains one of the world’s largest and most protracted.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that floods significantly raise the risk of vector-borne, food-borne and water-borne diseases, urging communities to prevent mosquito bites, ensure food safety and use safe drinking water wherever possible.

Many vulnerable communities have also been left with limited access to essential services such as clean water, healthcare and sanitation.

Aligned with the government’s “Ek dhara, ek ghar” campaign — which translates to “one house, one tap” — the Nepal Red Cross, IFRC, British...

Interventions to increase access to handwashing with water and soap and environmental cleaning form the cornerstone of infection prevention and control programmes and are...

Up to 70 per cent of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to...

Authorities claim that the flood situation is getting back normal. But voluntary organisations complain that the pace of relief distribution has been slow despite...