Global Water 2020
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Global Water 2020 was a three-year advocacy & facilitation initiative designed to accelerate progress toward #water access & security in developing countries.
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Many (around 50 countries) #AMR national action plans highlight the importance of #WASH, few have explicit targets, monitoring, or funding for WASH or other cross-sectoral measures. Rebecca Sugden @Wellcome_AMR bit.ly/3hIXnlH
When @Wellcome_Trust asked experts which #AMR interventions are feasible and impactful, #WASH and #IPC were suggested as top interventions. To #StopSuperbugs, we need to break siloes in health. Rebecca Sugden Click 👇 to learn more bit.ly/3hIXnlH
To prevent #AMR through #WASH, Sabiha Essack suggests: 1.Invest in WASH 2.Incorporate WASH in disease education 3.Reduce our biocide footprint 4.Ensure that WASH in communities is integrated into action plans 5.Ensure action plans have WASH implementation #StopSuperbugs
John Oldfield Xylem Watermark @XylemInc Thanks for sharing, John! We are grateful to support #WASH4Health, water, sanitation and hygiene, as part of our global relief efforts to battle COVID-19 = bit.ly/3woiD4G.
To meet #SDG6, there is a critical need to vastly increase financing. This ROCKBlue panel will cover the different types of commercial financing, the challenges with attracting them, and solutions, with panelists from World Bank Green Finance Institute and Water.org. bit.ly/3gONrFg
We need to work together to eliminate trachoma. If any of these puzzle pieces are missing, individuals, families, communities and countries will continue to feel its painful impact. With Sightsavers we play our part to #EndTrachoma. #PlayYourPart too: sightsavers.org/global-village
Tomorrow at 10AM EDT, ROCKBlue’s panel will discuss the need for and different types of commercial financing for #WASH, as well as challenges and solutions with obtaining them. Panelists are from World Bank Green Finance Institute and Water.org. Click 👇 to register! bit.ly/3gONrFg
Click 👇 for Rebecca. L. Root’s new visual story on Noma. Learn about how this deadly and disfiguring disease targets children from 2-6 that lack #WASH and come from extreme poverty, and those who are trying to raise awareness and treat it. @ISNTD_press MSF International bit.ly/2U2YVwV
“If a disease [Noma] is so neglected that it receives limited funding and consequently little research is conducted, how can evidence be provided to prove that it is neglected?” Click 👇 to learn more Noma! Rebecca. L. Root ISNTD MSF International bit.ly/2U2YVwV
"The work of the cleaner can literally mean life or death." Thank you, Rebecca. L. Root and Devex for bringing attention to HCF #cleaners! Check out the piece below to learn more about the critical role of cleaners! @who Wendy J Graham #WASH #WASHWorks bit.ly/2T5ouxz
“For me personally, I believe strongly, that in my lifetime trachoma should be a thing of the past.” Sightsavers Dr Agatha Aboe talks to #R4Appeal presenter and actress, sunetra sarker. If we all play our part, trachoma can be eliminated in our lifetime! #PlayYourPart youtu.be/Hy4Cl4XeIlw
The Global Water 2020 team is thankful to have collaborated with partners incl World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, USAID, NNN, Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases & others to further the global #WASH & #NTDs agenda. Although we sunset today, we continue to be inspired by these partnerships. Together we can #beatNTDs.