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03.16.10
Progress In Access To Safe Drinking-water; Sanitation Needs Greater Efforts

With 87 per cent of the world's population or approximately 5.9 billion people using safe drinking-water sources, the world is on track to meet or even exceed the drinking-water target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), according to the new WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report titled: " Progress on Sanitation and Drinking- Water: 2010 Update Report," released today...

03.12.10
UNICEF Tap Project raises funds to help provide clean water to millions of children around the world

Now in its fourth year, the UNICEF Tap Project, a grassroots initiative from the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, returns to cities nationwide during World Water Week 2010 (March 21-27). The UNICEF Tap Project invites individuals to donate $1 or more for tap water at participating restaurants or online at tapproject.org to provide clean water to children around the world.

02.06.10
$1.2B needed to aid women, children in 28 countries 'in crisis,' UNICEF says

UNICEF on Thursday launched a $1.2 billion appeal aimed at providing "life saving emergency assistance to millions of children and women in dire need," VOA News reports (Schlein, 2/4). "The appeal is part of UNICEF's Humanitarian Action Report 2010, released in Geneva ... which spotlights the desperate situation of children and women in 28 countries and territories facing deep humanitarian crises," the U.N. News Centre writes (2/4).

10.16.09
New Report Released By UNICEF And WHO Gives A 7-point Plan To Reduce Child Death Due To Diarrhea

A new report released by UNICEF and WHO provides a seven-point plan for comprehensive diarrhea control. The plan and its objectives are discussed in a comment published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet. The comment is the work of Dr Tessa Wardlaw, UNICEF, New York, USA, and Dr Elizabeth Mason, Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development, WHO, Switzerland, and colleagues. Presently, nearly one in every five child deaths (around 1.