2nd Global COVID- 19 Summit Commitments miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New opportunities for WASH and health integration
Feb 01, 2021
Health and water are inextricably linked. Yet, policies and programs related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are too often kept separate from public health policies and programs. The need for coordination between the WASH and health sectors is a drumbeat that we have been sounding for more decade, and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the central role that measures like handwashing with soap and WASH in health care facilities play to keep communities healthy. When health and WASH improvements reach children in a holistic way, they offer greater efficiencies and impact. The same is true for joint advocacy for the two issues.
Join over 2000 participants from all around the world who have registered for the CORE Group Global Health Practitioner Conference (GHPC) 2021, CORE Group s flagship annual event. 27-28 January 2021 VIRTUAL & OPEN ACCESS 8:00am-12:15 AM ET/ 13:00- 17:15 GMT
Now is a critical time to prioritize
COVID-19 pandemic is threatening progress made as health systems struggle to rapidly respond to this crisis and babies, toddlers, young children, children, and adolescents are often bearing the brunt of the impact. Increased violence against children, reduced access to routine healthcare, especially sexual and reproductive services, and stunted social development are just a few of the issues exacerbated by this global pandemic.