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Tackling the vicious cycle of fragility and water insecurity
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Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water, 4.2 billion do not have sanitation service, while 3 billion lack basic handwashing facilities. The consequences of this lack of access to basic services are disproportionately felt by the poorest and most vulnerable people living in fragile, and conflict-affected situations (FCS) since many of the most fragile countries are also those with the poorest services.
The challenges in fragile settings are many. Lack of physical security might make it particularly challenging to deliver water services to the affected population. Lack of safe access to clean water makes people more vulnerable to infectious diseases such as cholera, and now also makes the control and management of COVID-19 more difficult. In countries experiencing protracted conflicts, children under 5 years