Mozambique: 250,000 displaced children facing deadly disease threat

A lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene services have put approximately 250,000 children, displaced by escalating crises in a northern province of Mozambique, at risk from deadly diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.

Read the full article at:

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1080642

UNICEF: Time is of the essence, as water shortages compound desperate situation in Beirut

28 Aug 2020

Risk of water-borne diseases is rising in Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in early August, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, calling for urgent action to ensure families and responders have access to safe water and sanitation.

Haiti earthquake: Waterborne disease poses new threat to children

03 Sep 2021

A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.

190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF

19 Mar 2023

A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards.