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19 Oct 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

New Hand Hygiene For All Initiative

On Global Handwashing Day, 15 October, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore introduced the new Hand Hygiene For All Initiative, saing that “hand hygiene is everyone’s business” and that it must become a priority as a vital first line of defense, especially against the COVID-19 virus.Through this initiative, WHO, UNICEF, and other partners are urging global leaders to ensure that handwashing is both possible and promoted in homes, schools, healthcare facilities, care homes, workplaces and in public areas...

15 Apr 2020 TRIPOLI, Libya

Tripoli Water Shut-Off Condemned

Water is expected to return to Greater Tripoli and many parts of Libya's Western region within the next two days, Tripoli's Central Municipality announced 14 April. Water has been cut off since a 6 April armed attack on the Shwerif pumping station when valves controlling flows of the country's Great Man Made River Project were disconnected, hitting supply to over 2 million inhabitants...

29 Jan 2020 MOGADISHU, Somalia

$1.03 Billion USD Required For Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan

The United Nations and the government of Somalia have launched a new humanitarian response plan (HRP) to provide emergency services and support to over 3 million people. The plan, announced 22 January, aims to deliver safe water to more than 1.2 million, provide food and non-food assistance to 2.1 million people, support access to education for more than 300,000 children, and provide health assistance to 2...

2 Aug 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States

"Early Action" Required As Drought, Conflict Threaten Hunger For 8.7 Million In Somalia and South Sudan

Severe drought in Somalia and continued violence in South Sudan are threatening more than 8.5 million people with severe food insecurity according to humanitarian agencies. As reported by OOSKAnews in May this year, failure of spring rains in Somalia have put almost 1.7 million people in acute food insecurity...

28 Jul 2019 OXFORD, United Kingdom

International Complacency Compounds Humanitarian Impact Of Drought In Horn Of Africa

The Horn of Africa is once again in a drought that appears to be a new norm in the region, with more than 15 million people in need of urgent assistance in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The region, which hasn’t fully recovered from a drought in 2017, is once again facing a humanitarian crisis.Appeals to governments have been partly successful, but only one-third of commitments have been fulfilled...

23 Jun 2019 BRUSSELS, Belgium

EU Support For Food Security, Healthcare, Preparedness In 7 Sahel Countries

The European Commission has reported  that it is providing over $170 Million USD to seven countries in Africa's Sahel region, bringing total regional support for 2018 and 2019 to more than $475 Million USD.The region is extremely vulnerable and poor and regional and inter-community conflicts have led to mass displacements of an estimated 4...

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9 Apr 2019 BEIRA, Mozambique

Cyclone Idai: Mass Cholera Vaccination Campaign, Aid For Farmers In Mozambique

Since Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique on 14 March, severely damaging water systems, hundreds of thousands of people have been living in temporary settlements without access to safe water and sanitation.The country’s Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak on 27 March and, as of 8 April, had reported more than 3,100 cases and 6 deaths...

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1 Apr 2019 BEIRA, Mozambique

Cyclone Idai Aftermath: 517 Cases Of Cholera And First Death Reported

THIS ARTICLE WAS UPDATED APRIL 1The port city of Beira, Mozambique, has confirmed its first death from cholera, as the number of cases of the disease has jumped to 517 since Cyclone Idai hit March 14 severely damaging water systems. Cholera cases have risen dramatically since the first five cases were confirmed last week...

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28 Mar 2019 SANA'A, Yemen

Aid Organizations Issue Renewed Cholera, Starvation Alerts For War-torn Yemen

As Yemen enters a fifth year of fighting, two humanitarian organizations have issued pleas for urgently needed food and funding and for world leaders to act to end the suffering.The UN describes Yemen as the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world", with millions of Yemenis facing imminent famine as well as battling cholera and diphtheria outbreaks...

24 Mar 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States

"Water Under Fire": Children Might Survive The Bullets, Die From Unsafe Water, Poor Sanitation, Hygiene

In protracted conflicts children younger than 15 are, on average, nearly three times more likely to die from diarrhoeal disease linked to unsafe water and sanitation than violence directly linked to conflict and war, according to a March 2019 UNICEF advocacy alert.For younger children, the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene is greater: Children under 5 are more than 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal disease linked to unsafe water and sanitation than violence in conflict...

22 Mar 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

USEPA Chief Says Americans Should Focus Less on Climate Change Threats, More On Clean Water

US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, raised eyebrows this week by saying that Americans should focus less on global warming,.suggesting that clean water was a bigger threat than climate change, where the threats are "50 to 75 years out".Speaking during the week of "World Water Day", Wheeler announced USEPA global clean water push, and requested that other international multi-lateral institutions participate in the effort, suggesting the institutions emulate US clean water financing programs that provide grants and loans...

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15 Mar 2019 Washington DC, United States

US Senate Votes To End Support For Saudi-led War In Yemen

The United States Senate approved a War Powers Resolution this week to end United States invvolvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has killed tens of thousands and caused widespread starvation. Attacks by the Saudi coalition on water treatment facilities have exacerbated water-borne disease in the country, in particular the world’s worst cholera epidemic...