On March 23, the United Nations Water Conference was held for the first time in nearly 50 years. During the conference, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund ...

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 ...

Catherine Coleman Flowers is the rural development manager for the Equal Justice Initiative and an environmental health researcher working to bring basic sanitation to rural communities — a campaign ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Erin McCusker In a ...

UNITED NATIONS — Some 2.6 billion people in the world, mainly in Africa and Asia, lack access to basic sanitation, increasing the risk of diarrhea and other diseases fatal to children, said a U.N.

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 ...

It is a pleasure to be here and participate in this important panel discussion on water and finance. My remarks will focus on some of the main challenges we face today in financing the development of ...