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Nigeria: UNICEF - 26,5 Million Nigerian Children Experiencing High Water Vulnerability
This Day, 22 March 2021
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said no fewer than 26.5 million Nigerian children do not have enough water to meet their daily needs and are experiencing high or… Read more »
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Nigeria: No Clean Water in Pulka Nigeria Leads to Disease
MSF, 16 March 2021
Violence which spread throughout Borno state, in northeast Nigeria, has forced people like Adama out of their homes. Adama now lives in a camp for displaced people in Pulka, a… Read more »
Nigeria’s Pulka, Where Water is the Source of Life and Disease
Ongoing fighting in Nigeria's Borno state has caused years of suffering for people in this northeastern region and pushed many to leave their homes in search of safety. Large numbers of displaced people are living in the town of Pulka, where access to clean water is a major problem. Water is particularly scarce now, during the dry, hot season that runs from November to May.
Many displaced people are forced to trade scarce food supplies for water with local residents. Some resort to drinking untreated water. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams running a hospital in Pulka say the most common disease they see, especially among children, is diarrhoea as a result of the lack of access to clean water. MSF is calling on the organizations providing water and sanitation services here to act urgently to improve the supply of safe drinking water.
A man waits patiently for his turn to get clean water from a water point in Pulka. Borno state, Nigeria, February 2021.
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Nigeria: 26.5 Million Children Don't Have Enough Water - UNICEF
Vanguard, 21 March 2021
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF says no fewer than 26.5 million Nigerian Children do not have enough water to meet their daily needs and are experiencing high or… Read more »
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Nigeria: Over 86% of Nigerians Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water - UNICEF
Vanguard, 22 March 2021
UNICEF has expressed concern over the shortage of potable water in Nigeria, saying that over 86% of Nigerians lack access to a safely managed drinking water source. Read more »
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18 March 2021
Urgent Need for Clean Water in Pulka, Nigeria
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- Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
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- Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
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