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T. Rowe Price Launches Blue Bond Emerging Markets Strategy to Help Catalyze Finance for a Sustainable Blue Economy
"The strategy is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 14, which target clean water and healthy marine habitats, and is classified under Article 9 of the European Union's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)."
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya’s SunCulture Raises USD $5 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Africa
SunCulture offers solar-powered irrigation pumps, providing smallholder farmers with a sustainable and affordable alternative to diesel or manual systems.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Social Enterprise, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: 1 in 4 People Globally Still Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water – WHO, UNICEF
To mark World Water Week 2025, new report highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities left behind.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Waterhub Raises Seed Funding to Expand Sustainable Drinking Water Access Across Indonesia
By eliminating the need for plastic packaging and reducing transportation, Waterhub offers an environmentally and economically sustainable alternative to bottled water.
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- WASH
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- infrastructure, Internet of Things, scale, startups, waste, water
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Africa to Be Hit Hard as UK Foreign Aid Cuts Revealed
A Foreign Office report and impact assessment show the biggest cuts this year will come in Africa, with less spent on women's health and water sanitation with increased risks, it says, of disease and death.
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- Finance, Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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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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WHO, UNICEF Update Country Tracker on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Health-Care Facilities, Showing Progress Across 107 Countries
The updated tracker comes ahead of a global webinar on 29 July, hosted by WHO and UNICEF, which will share country experiences and highlight what more is needed to meet the targets set in the 2023 UN Resolution.
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- public health, sanitation, waste, water
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Sierra Leone Launches Landmark $180 Million Water Security and Wash Access Project
Structured in three progressive phases, the initiative provides a clear roadmap for achieving nationwide water security and sanitation access.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- development finance, employment, sanitation, SDGs, water
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