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Press Release: New Report from Essity Links Gender Equality to Global Health and Well-Being
This is one of several findings in Essity's Health and Hygiene Report 2023-2024, linking gender equality, care, and prevention to personal well-being and public progress, emphasizing the need for joint action to effect change.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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World Water Week: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Funding Drops by a Third Putting Lives at Risk, Warns WaterAid
WaterAid is calling on donor countries to close the gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Reckitt Nigeria Launches WASH Accelerator Programme With Seed Funding for Social Entrepreneurs
Dettol, Harpic, and Mortein manufacturer, Reckitt has launched the Fight for Access Accelerator, which offers social businesses who are tackling access to WASH with the chance to scale their solutions.
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- Social Enterprise, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, hygiene, sanitation, scale, water
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Analysis: Menstrual Health And Hygiene Is Unaffordable For Poor Girls And Women In Latin America
According to a World Bank study, it is estimated that 500 million women lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management (MHM).
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- Health Care, WASH
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- Latin America
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Press Release: DFC Announces Support for Energy and Health Projects in India
U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced two projects expanding its sustained commitment to investing in India’s private sector and deepening the economic ties between the two countries.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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USAID Funds $18 Million for Water and Sanitation in Two Counties in Liberia
Access to basic or improved water services for their residents will be enhanced through the design of water service delivery modules.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Analyzing Menstrual Health and Hygiene Through a Market-Based Lens: A New Report Assesses the Landscape in the Global South
Around the world, roughly 1.8 billion people menstruate — and over 300 million are menstruating on any given day. Yet as Lucie Klarsfeld, Jeanne Charbit and Louise Berthault at Hystra explain, menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is an overlooked topic in global development, and there's a lack of research about the market for menstrual products in the Global South. They share findings from a new Hystra report that addresses this knowledge gap by assessing the market for MHH solutions in eight emerging economies.
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- WASH
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USAID Plans $45 Million Lagos Urban WASH Scheme
To ensure potable and safe water supply, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched an intervention programme in Lagos, which will promote operational reforms, infrastructure improvements and institutional capacity building.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, sanitation, water