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Clean water key to surviving super El Niño and protecting frontline communities, WaterAid says

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid responds to the World Meteorological Organization’s announcement that it is highly likely we will have a new phase of El Niño, the natural weather pattern that causes extreme weather events. Helen Rumford, head of climate policy at WaterAid, said: “Extreme weather doesn’t fall equally around the world. It is already hitting frontline vulnerable communities the hardest, destroying livelihoods, jeopardizing food security, and worsening global instability. “One of the best ways to ensure communities have a chance to respond to a changing climate is to make sure that they have…

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WaterAid joins historic World Bank Group commitment to deliver water security for over 1 billion people

Stuart Mitchell

Landmark plans to reach over 1 billion  more people with sustainable access to safe water by  2030 have been announced recently (Wed 15 April, Washington) by the World Bank Group and partners. This new initiative puts water security at the centre of this year’s global agenda, with international NGO WaterAid supporting efforts to turn the ambition into reality.   In a turbulent world, access to clean water is the universal foundation for stability, health and economic opportunity, underpinning 1.7 billion jobs worldwide – yet 700 million people still live without…

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Delivering in danger: lack of clean water leaves African mothers almost 150 times more likely to die from sepsis, WaterAid research finds

Stuart Mitchell

A chronic lack of clean water and hygiene services in delivery rooms is contributing to one in nine mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa developing sepsis, with around 13,000 women dying from maternal sepsis each year, new research from WaterAid reveals. That is equivalent to 36 mothers lost every day, making women in Sub-Saharan Africa 144 times more likely to die from sepsis than those in Western Europe and North America, WaterAid’s new “Born without water” report reveals. The new research exposes the shocking reality inside some of the world’s most under-resourced…

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‘No woman should give birth without clean water – I can’t imagine the fear and risk’ – Myleene Klass among stars backing WaterAid’s global campaign for safe births

Stuart Mitchell

Presenter Myleene Klass MBE is among a powerful line up of well-known figures – including actors Adjoa Andoh, Sir Stephen Fry, Sir Mark Rylance, singer Beverley Knight MBE, TV presenter and actor Laura Whitmore, doctor and TV presenter Dr. Ranj Singh, author and podcaster Giovanna Fletcher, journalist and author Yomi Adegoke, and founder of The Motherhood Group, Sandra Igwe MBE – pledging their support for the WaterAid’s new maternal health campaign: ‘Time to Deliver’, launching in parliament today. They are founding signatories of the international development charity’s global petition calling…

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The defining challenge of this century, says WaterAid on new UN Global Water Bankruptcy’ report

Stuart Mitchell

In a new report released recently, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) declares an era of global water bankruptcy; as deforestation, pollution, sustained overuse of water systems has pushed many sources into a “post-crisis condition” in which historical baselines are no longer attainable without transformative change.   In response, Chief Executive of WaterAid UK, Tim Wainwright said at Davos:  ” ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ captures a hard truth: the world’s water crisis has crossed a point of no return. “Worldwide, water is being depleted faster than it can be replenished and…

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