Over one billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to clean water. Issues include scarcity of drinking water, poor infrastructure for water and sanitation access, water pollution,
A woman washing dishes at the water's edge in a Bangladeshi village
Women fetching polluted water in Ghana
Runoff from development along the river in Pune, India could contribute to reduced water quality.
Child standing next to a well pump in a Bangladeshi Village. Many such wells have naturally high levels of arsenic.
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WASH is a sector in development cooperation, or within local governments, that provides water, sanitation, and hygiene services to communities. The main purposes of providing access to WASH services a
Women line up at a bore hole to fill their containers with water (Labuje IDP camp, Kitgum, Kitgum District, Northern Region of Uganda)
Safe Purified Drinking Water Point in Karura Forest- Nairobi, Kenya
A schoolgirl using a Veronica Bucket in Ghana for washing her hands.
The "F-diagram" (feces, fingers, flies, fields, fluids, food), showing pathways of fecal–oral disease transmission. The vertical blue lines show barriers: toilets, safe water, hygiene and hand washing.