Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation
We now know that handwashing with soap for 20 seconds can fight the spread of coronavirus. For most of us accessing water is as simple as turning on the taps in our kitchens and toilets. But for one third of humanity, handwashing remains out of reach: 2.5 billion people lack access to safe drinking...
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| description | We now know that handwashing with soap for 20 seconds can fight the spread of coronavirus. For most of us accessing water is as simple as turning on the taps in our kitchens and toilets. But for one third of humanity, handwashing remains out of reach: 2.5 billion people lack access to safe drinking water; equally distressing, 4.5 billion people, or more than half of humanity, have no access to adequate sanitation facilities, which further increases the risk of a Covid-19 spread. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433822025-02-24T06:47:33Z Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation Mehta, Lyla Ringler, Claudia non-pharmaceutical interventions health covid-19 water disease management hygiene hand hygiene poverty We now know that handwashing with soap for 20 seconds can fight the spread of coronavirus. For most of us accessing water is as simple as turning on the taps in our kitchens and toilets. But for one third of humanity, handwashing remains out of reach: 2.5 billion people lack access to safe drinking water; equally distressing, 4.5 billion people, or more than half of humanity, have no access to adequate sanitation facilities, which further increases the risk of a Covid-19 spread. 2020-04-06 2024-05-22T12:13:44Z 2024-05-22T12:13:44Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143382 en https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/with-climate-change-impacts-accelerating-we-need-to-re-think-the-human-right-to-water/ https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351747622 Open Access Institute of Development Studies Mehta, Lyla; and Ringler, Claudia. 2020. Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation. Institute of Development Studies (IDS). First published on April 6, 2020. https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/covid-19-reveals-and-further-increases-inequalities-in-water-and-sanitation/ |
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| title | Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation |
| title_full | Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation |
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| title_short | Covid-19 reveals and further increases inequalities in water and sanitation |
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