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WHO, UNICEF Update Country Tracker on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health-Care Facilities, Showing Progress Across 107 Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have released an updated country progress tracker that shows how countries are advancing efforts to improve water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and waste services in health-care facilities.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Global
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To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
The water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector faces a funding gap of around US $138 billion per year if it hopes to reach SDG 6’s goal of universal WASH access by 2030. According to Arnaud Alt and Annemarie Mastenbroek at Aqua for All, and Christina Moehrle, to address this shortfall, funders need to develop more hands-on financing approaches, working closely with entrepreneurs and organizations to better understand their context, challenges and needs. They explain why Impact-Linked Finance (ILF) represents one such approach, and share two key lessons from Aqua for All's "ILF for WASH" program.
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World Bank Approves $100 Million to Boost Water Access and Conservation in Mali
Project to Improve Water Services for 500,000 People and Safeguard Key Water Sources.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, rural development, sanitation, water
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Food Safety Scandal Rocks China as Report Claims Cooking Oil Carried in Same Trucks as Fuel
The scandal implicates China’s largest grain storage and transport company Sinograin, and private conglomerate Hopefull Grain and Oil Group.
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- Agriculture, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Report: Hospital Infections Kill Hundreds of Thousands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Research Shows
Improved sanitation could prevent at least half of cases, which are costing the region as much as $8.4 billion each year.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, public health, research
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Press Release: Report: Financially Self-Sustaining and Inclusive Social Entrepreneurial Approach Provides Access to Safe Water in Kenya
The SWE kiosks serve water to over 33,000 people across seven Kenyan counties at affordable prices.
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- Social Enterprise, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Announcing the Three Winners of our Annual Contest
As 2024 gets underway, we'd like to announce the results of NextBillion’s annual “Most Influential Article of the Year” contest. This year's contest featured a strong slate of articles, covering a diverse array of topics ranging from systems change to decarbonization, in sectors that included energy, agriculture, finance and more. We've highlighted the three winners, as selected by our readers, in this article.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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Announcing NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles of 2023: Cast Your Vote in our Annual Contest by Jan. 7!
As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “Most Influential Articles of the Year” contest. As we've done since 2012, we've selected 12 of our most-read articles from the past year, inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. You can vote multiple times — up to once per hour — during the voting period, which will run from Dec. 22 to 11:59 pm on Jan. 7. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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