OTS - WSSCC approved to become the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
2020. May 06. 12:27
Geneva, 6 May, 2020 (APA/OTS) - The Steering Committee of the Water
Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) took a landmark
decision on Monday by approving WSSCC's new 2021-2025 strategy,
which paves the way for WSSCC to evolve into the Sanitation and
Hygiene Fund, a scalable and global Fund to effectively support the
world's poorest and most left behind in achieving the sanitation
and hygiene related Sustainable Development Goal.
Today, ensuring access to adequate levels of sanitation and
hygiene is more urgent than ever: Lack of access to adequate
sanitation and hygiene, including menstrual health and hygiene
stands as one of the greatest impediments to the achievement of
many of the Sustainable Development Goals, leaving large numbers of
people exposed to not only outbreaks or pandemics of infectious
disease, such as diarrheal diseases, cholera, Ebola and Covid-19,
but also maternal and neonatal death, inadequate sexual and
reproductive health, the spread of anti-microbial resistance,
sepsis and malnutrition.
Women and girls are disproportionately affected by poor
sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health which negatively impacts
their safety and dignity from sanitation-related gender-based
violence, mobility, freedom of choice, health and their access to
employment, and social and economic power. Yet, at the current rate
of progress, the Sustainable Development Goal target on sanitation
and hygiene is projected to be only reached in the 22nd century.
The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund therefore calls on global
leaders, including national governments, to drastically scale up
their investments in sanitation and hygiene in schools, health care
centers and at the household level and to ensure the necessary
innovation that supports better sanitation and hygiene.
WSSCC has already reached millions of people around the world
with essential and often life-saving interventions in sanitation
and hygiene. Building on WSSCC's achievements and the support
provided by its longstanding donors and partners, the Sanitation
and Hygiene Fund will support eligible countries to access
increased and catalytic financing to close the gaps in their
national sanitation and hygiene strategies.
"Today, we recognize the need for a global approach, a
transformative approach, and a long-term approach. With the
Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, we are calling upon world leaders to
help us fill a void in the international response to the
sanitation, hygiene, and menstrual health crisis," says Hind
Khatib-Othman, Chair of WSSCC.
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For more information on the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund and to
request an interview, contact:
Hiro Saito, Head of Corporate Communications and Advocacy
Tel: +41 22 552 5212; Mobile: +41 79 684 3598
Email: info@SHFund.org
About WSSCC
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a
UN-hosted membership organization with 30 years of expertise
working to improve sanitation and hygiene for those most left
behind and least able to respond. WSSCC has been focusing on SDG
6.2 (sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health). Learn more on our
website (www.wsscc.org) and connect with us on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/WatSanCollabCouncil/) and Twitter
(https://twitter.com/WSSCCouncil).
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