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The State of the Hand Hygiene Report, published by UNICEF and WHO, is now available in French.
The simple act of cleaning hands can save lives and reduce illness by helping prevent the spread of infectious diseases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hand hygiene received unprecedented attention and became a central pillar in national COVID prevention…
The 2022 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report, titled “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible”, has been published by UNESCO. It highlights the potential of groundwater as being central to the fight against poverty, to food and water security, to the creation of decent jobs, to socio-economic development, and…
The 2023 Emergency Environmental Health Forum will take place on 10th and 11th May 2023. This will be a hybrid event and we encourage in-person attendance for EEHF invitees. Accordingly, the EEHF the call for Abstracts is closed. Proposals are currently under review on the following themes: Climate change mitigation in crises contexts Outbreaks (COVID-19, cholera…
We are happy to share that the GWC, together with Sanitation and Water For All has hosted a side event at UN water 2023 conference on "Joined-up Action for Humanitarian and Development Collective Outcomes to Accelerate SDG6". The event took place on Wednesday 22 March from 8 AM to 10 AM EST (1 PM to 3 PM CET) at the UNICEF Danny Kaye Center in New York. Recording and…
The Global Task Force on Cholera Control, the Global Health and WASH Custers, together with UNICEF and WHO are pleased to share the invitation to an interactive global cholera briefing and call to action on Tuesday 8 November from 14h00 - 16h00 CET The event will showcase high-level keynote presentations, a global snapshot of the current outbreaks worldwide as well…
The GWC Satellite Events are now over, click on the sessions below to access materials and recordings. See you next year! Monday 10th October 14:00 - 14:50 CEST: Opening - What is new in the Global WASH Cluster? - GWC CAST - UNICEF More info 15:00 - 15:50 CEST: Horn of Africa Crisis - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia WASH Clusters - UNICEF More Info 16:00…
Since 2020, CARE International UK and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University, together with many other research partners and with the support of the Global Shelter Cluster, have been advancing understanding of the connections between humanitarian sheltering and health. In September 2022, an interactive learning event…