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Africa: 2 in 5 Schools Globally Lacked Handwashing Facilities Prior to Pandemic - Unicef, WHO
WHO, 13 August 2020
As schools worldwide struggle with reopening, the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) reveal that 43 per cent of schools around the world lacked access… Read more »
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Liberia: WHO Donates 21 Pieces of Oxygen Concentrators to Boost Covid-19 Response
WHO, 11 August 2020
The World Health Organization Liberia Country Office this week donated 21 pieces of Oxygen Concentrators to the Ministry of Health to support the government in the management of… Read more »
WHO Report Reveals Lack of Sanitation in Schools Before Covid-19
The latest data from the World Health Organisation/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme has found that two in five schools around the world lacked adequate handwashing facilities prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, depriving 818 million children of adequate sanitation. "Global school closures since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have presented an unprecedented challenge to children's education and wellbeing," said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. "We must prioritize children's learning. This means making sure that schools are safe to reopen - including with access to hand hygiene, clean drinking water and safe sanitation."
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The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said, urging ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the WHO to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. The letter open ... Read more »
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According to the International Rescue Committee, lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, with the total number ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation has welcomed a five-year, U.S.$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver lifesaving vaccines to the world's poorest countries ... Read more »
