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2020. november 17., kedd 16:00 |
Global leaders welcome the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund as key to increasing investment |
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Geneva, 17 November, 2020 (APA/OTS) - The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be critical to dramatically scale up investments to reach everyone with sanitation services, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General has said as the new financial mechanism to drive billions of dollars into the sanitation sector was launched today. |
Speaking at the launch of the new Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, Ms
Amina J. Mohammed described safe sanitation and hygiene as "critical
to the response that we want to see, first, because it is about
human dignity. Second, it is a health issue."
The coronavirus pandemic has made clear the fundamental role that
sanitation and hygiene play in stopping the spread of disease. But
it has also exposed the vast inequities that exist in access to
sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health.
The Deputy Secretary-General emphasized that "basic hygiene of
washing your hands and being able to have a toilet that is
accessible is key [to enabling healthy communities] in the longer
term."
The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund is seeking US$2 billion over the
coming five years to support countries in bringing sanitation,
hygiene, and menstrual health to all.
"We know that money, well utilized, has the ability to drive
positive and lasting change," says Dominic O'Neill, Executive
Director of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund. "This is not only a
struggle to improve health; it is a fight for respect and basic
human rights and an end to stigma."
The online launch event was moderated by international broadcaster
Ms Zeinab Badawi, and is available on the SHF website and its
YouTube channel.
Also participating in the launch programme was Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo of Nigeria, who said, "The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund is
in many senses a lifesaver. One of the features that I particularly
like is that it is tied to measurable performance."
Ms Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, called sanitation
and hygiene "a great equalizer for children."
"During a lockdown, how do you cope with the fact that your
household does not have a toilet? This is particularly difficult for
girls and women. If everyone had access to sanitation and hygiene in
households, in their schools, in their health facilities and
communities, it would make an enormous difference in our world," she
said.
"Good sanitation has to be a public good. Governments have to own
the fact that sanitation is their problem to solve, and that they
have ways to solve it," Ms Fore added.
Currently, half the world's population do not have access to safely
managed sanitation. 620 million children attend schools that do not
have toilets. 1 in 3 schools do not have even basic sanitation and
hygiene services, and 1 in 5 healthcare facilities have no
sanitation services whatsoever. The estimated cost of lack of
sanitation and hygiene is US$222 billion per year in lost
productivity, increased health expenditures, and economic output.
This is a truncated version. Read the full-length press release
here: SHF launch.
- Pictures are available at AP Images (http://www.apimages.com) -
For more information:
Mr Hiroyuki Saito Head of Corporate Communications and Advocacy hiroyuki.saito@wsscc.org +41 79 684 35 98
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