As Earth heats up, natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, and droughts are becoming more common in rural Cambodia, leading to unsanitary living conditions. A team of scientists studied how the ...

Access to clean water, proper sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are essential human rights. However, an alarming 785 million people across the globe use unsafe drinking water, while almost 2.4 billion ...

New research presents a global picture of who has access to safe drinking water, sanitation services and hygiene — and who doesn't — revealing persistent inequalities. Here are five new facts from the ...

Despite the progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people across the ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series on food safety costs for businesses. The series is sponsored by CERTUS Food Safety. This piece explores the development of effective sanitation practices. When ...

In recent years, global efforts to improve sanitation have made undeniable progress. However, the data remains stark: 3.6 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed sanitation, ...

Every day, more than 800 children die from preventable diseases caused by poor water quality and a lack of access to adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities. An estimated 4.2 million people around ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...

James Harper studies sanitation and other basic human needs in partnership with non-profit organizations, like iDE on this study, around the world through his business, Realize Research, LLC. Everyone ...