Noticias sobre Nigeria
Invention of simple water treatment system to save children’s lives
The world famous medical journal The Lancet has published the results of a two year health impact trial in Bangladesh.
There has never been a more urgent time to safeguard children’s right to safe water and sanitation
Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, and 210 million lacking access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last week.
Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania
“I have been a sewerage operator for more than 20 years now,” says Fundi Mzee, smiling as he leaves his office at the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority premises for his weekly hunting expedition for polio.
Water and sanitation subsidies need to better benefit the poor, says World Bank
Water and sanitation subsidies are disproportionately benefitting the better-off, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs
41 countries in need of food assistance – African Swine Fever threatening food security of a large number of people.
EU and UNICEF call for clean water and toilets in all Nigerian schools
Nearly 4,500 people in Riyom local government area of Plateau State, north-central Nigeria will benefit from improved access to safe water and sanitation facilities following the commissioning of a communal solar driven motorized water facility and WASH facilities in a school which include gender segregated latrines and a handpump.
The Sahel, desertification beyond drought
The periodic crises in the African “Hunger Belt” have provided a more accurate and effective vision of the relationship between desertification and human activities.
Water is life, but what water?
In the cities in Nigeria, only one in ten people has a supply of water.
Antibiotics found in world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, study finds
Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered.
Investing in menstrual hygiene management is to invest in human capital
Globally, over 500 million women and girls lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management (MHM).
Nigerian displaced communities prepare for rains as first storms raze hundreds of homes
Zaynab stands next to the remnants of her home she used to share with her six children before it was destroyed by early season rainstorms that brought strong winds and rain to north-east Nigeria.
How to avert a global antimicrobial resistance crisis?
Antimicrobial resistance, also known as ‘superbugs,’ is a global health emergency.
Water, sanitation, health issues in conflicts must be addressed
On the 4 April 2019, at the opening of the Sanitation and Water for All Sector Ministers’ Meeting in Costa Rica, Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, presented a high-reaching goal to provide safe drinking water to 60 million more people by 2021 and to cut open defecation for 250 million.
The British firm pumping water in Africa
Exmoor company’s solar water pump exports grew from 12% in 2012 to 52% in 2018 following support from the Department for International Trade (DIT).
Water disaster platform to enhance climate resilience in Africa
UNESCO and the Government of Japan have signed an agreement for USD 1.7 million in support of the project “Water disaster Platform to enhance climate resilience in Africa”.
Lake Chad trees keep deadly drought at bay
Tens of thousands of drought-resistant trees are being planted with the support of the UN in the Lake Chad region to restore vegetation cover around the lake, help farmers adapt to climate change, and support women's economic initiatives.