Tag:handwashing

Water & Sanitation

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...

Michael Simire - July 27, 2022

Water & Sanitation

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...

Michael Simire - May 5, 2022

Water & Sanitation

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...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2021

Health

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...

Michael Simire - August 13, 2020

Water & Sanitation

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...

Michael Simire - August 3, 2020

Health

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...

Michael Simire - June 3, 2020

Water & Sanitation

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...

admin - March 7, 2016

Water & Sanitation

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,...

admin - January 28, 2016