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PAVE, Rotary in Akwa Ibom school toilet project

The Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) through its President, Anthony Akpan, is collaborating with Dr. Philip Thompson, in his capacity as the...

Maintaining hand hygiene 16 times cheaper than treating infectious diseases – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says maintaining hand hygiene is 16 times cheaper than the cost of treating an infectious disease. Dr Abiodun...

Most sub-Saharan African countries lack access to hand washing facilities, says report

More than half of the population in 34 out of 38 sub-Saharan African nations lacks access to basic hand washing facilities, the inaugural Sanitation...

Over 800m children lack handwashing facilities at school, says UN

Nearly 820 million children worldwide lack basic handwashing facilities at school, increasing the risk of coronavirus contagion, United Nations agencies said on Thursday, August...

Groups advocate regular hand washing to curb Covid-19

The Society for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (NEWSAN) and the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) have called on Nigerians to wholly  embrace hand...

COVID-19: 300 handwashing stations installed in Senegalese schools

The le Groupe des Amis de l'Alimentation Scolaire (GAASS) has strengthened its commitment to schoolchildren across Senegal by providing handwashing stations for pupils returning to...

IWD 2016: Hygienic toilets will keep girls in school, says WaterAid

As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8, WaterAid is calling for water, sanitation and handwashing facilities with soap in...

Malawian communities seek to end open defecation

About one billion people or 15 percent of the global population, including Malawians, practice open defecation, and ignorance of the consequences Twelve years ago today,...

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Govt targets 1m hectares restoration with ACReSAL project in 10 states

The Federal Government through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project, has inaugurated a stakeholders’ engagement aimed at...
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Talks on global plastic pollution treaty adjourn without consensus

Following 10 days of negotiations, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) talks to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic...

Norway, Sweden, Finland: Climate change made July heatwave 10 times more likely, study says

Human-caused climate change made a two-week-long heatwave in Norway, Sweden and Finland around 2°C hotter and at least 10...

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Govt targets 1m hectares restoration with ACReSAL project in 10 states

The Federal Government through the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid...

Talks on global plastic pollution treaty adjourn without consensus

Following 10 days of negotiations, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC)...
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