May 2014: Of all the Millennium Development Goals, the maternal health and sanitation targets are among the farthest off track, said Rebecca Fishman, operations and special projects director of WASH Advocates.
An estimated 800 women die from pregnancy- ....
Dakar, Senegal, May 28, 2014: An interactive map, showing that the governments of 14 African nations were on course or within touching distance of reaching the historic mark of everyone in their countries having access to clean drinking water by 2030, was....
May 15, 2014: World Health Statistics 2014 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and assoc....
May 7, 2014: Every year, more people die from water-related illness than all forms of violence combined. Polluted water is deadly, and it is the poor in developing countries, and children in particular, that suffer most from unclean water and inadequate....
London, March 3, 2014: More than 40 million people in Southern Africa who should have received access to safe drinking water by 2015 will miss out, and 73 million will go without basic sanitation due to investment shortfalls, according to a report release....
Feb 19, 2014: Less than a year from the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), journalists in Africa are casting a critical eye on the progress in water, sanitation and hygiene improvements being achieved by African governments....
