A basic household latrine in Africa can cost as little as $10 to $60, and a single community well, costing $1,500, can serve ...

On March 23, the United Nations Water Conference was held for the first time in nearly 50 years. During the conference, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund ...

Despite the progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people across the ...

It is a pleasure to be here and participate in this important panel discussion on water and finance. My remarks will focus on some of the main challenges we face today in financing the development of ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For many Americans, proper sanitation and clean water seem like issues for developing ...

Sanitation is one of the most pressing social and public health challenges today. 1 in 3 people worldwide do not have access to a safe toilet — and 892 million people have no choice but to defecate in ...