2020. november 12., csütörtök 08:00 |
The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund to be launched on 17 November |
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Geneva, Switzerland, 12 November, 2020 (APA/OTS) - The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be launched during an online event next Tuesday. It is seeking US$2 billion over the coming five years to provide a 21st-century solution to the decades-old crisis on sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health. |
Currently, more than 4 billion people globally do not have access to
safely managed sanitation services. 3 billion lack access to basic
handwashing facilities, and nearly 10 percent of the world's
population still practice open defecation.
Many of the world's most serious diseases and leading causes of
child mortality are related directly to poor sanitation and hygiene.
Yet there has been considerable under-investment in this sector for
many years, and this has hampered progress on the Sustainable
Development Goals.
Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened existing inequalities as
masks are too expensive or hard to find, and social distancing is
impossible in many of the vulnerable communities. The lack of proper
sanitation and hygiene adds to the risks to life and livelihood for
the world's most disadvantaged, threatening the foundations of economies and health
security.
Arguing the case for global investment in sanitation and hygiene
will be Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
Other speakers include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of Nigeria; Ms
Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director; Ms Grete Faremo,
Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project
Services; Mr Gilbert Houngbo, Chair of UN-Water and President of the
International Fund for Agricultural Development; Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab,
Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization; and
Dominic O'Neill, Executive Director of the Sanitation and Hygiene
Fund.
International broadcaster, Ms Zeinab Badawi, moderates the online
event, which will begin at 4 p.m. Central Europe Time or 10 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time on 17 November. The show will be streamed on
the SHF website and its YouTube channel.
By raising and investing the necessary funding, the Sanitation and
Hygiene Fund will bring about change and drive this transformation.
It will finance programmes that produce large-scale and measurable
results and deliver a fundamental social and human right to millions
who have been robbed of their dignity.
What: Launch of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
When: 4 p.m. CET (10 a.m. EST)
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Where: www.SHFund.org
No registration is required
- Pictures are available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com) -
For more information and to request an interview, visit
www.SHFund.org or contact:
Hiroyuki Saito, Head of Corporate Communications and Advocacy Tel: +41 22 552 5212; Mobile: +41 79 684 3598 Email: hiroyuki.saito@wsscc.org
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