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Why are water and sanitation important? Water is life. It is essential to health, poverty reduction, food security, peace and human rights, ecosystems and education. Recognizing this reality, the world is making progress on achieving the availability and sustainable management of safe water and...

Abstract Objectives Infant feeding plays a critical role in child health and development. Few studies to date have examined the link between household water insecurity and infant feeding, and none in a cross‐cultural context. Therefore, we examined the perceived impact of household water insecurity...

This article explores child rights, water scarcity and sanitation. It applies the human security paradigm as a legal and humanitarian foundation for extending child rights to water and sanitation. Abstract The article explores the intersection between child rights, water scarcity, sanitation, and...

By Xiheng Jiang, Vice-President of China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 shows that, while advances have been made in some areas, monumental challenges remain. The world is not on track to end poverty and millions...

China released its national plan for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which translates each target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into "action plans" for China. The national implementation plan reviews China’s experience and achievements in implementing the...

In the Matope community, and other parts of rural Malawi, female adolescence remains a worry amongst policy makers. When proper washroom facilities are not available to them, girls are reluctant to attend school during their monthly cycles. This stalls government efforts to get – and keep – girls in...