The Right to WaSH, the Right to Health Conference Trailer

The Right To WaSH; The Right To Health In 2010, the United Nations declared Access to water and sanitation a human right. Despite this declaration and the efforts of many NGOs and governments around the world, 780 million people remain without access to improved sources of drinking water, with 653 million of them living in rural areas; 2.5 billion are still without improved sanitation and nearly 1.2 billion people still practice open defecation (UNICEF/WHO, 2012). Water and sanitation are strongly linked to hygiene and together they comprise WaSH (water supply, sanitation, and hygiene). WaSH problems are especially acute in low and middle income countries, which often lack the financial, human, and infrastructure resources. There is a critical need, both in Canada and globally, to address the problem of inadequate supplies of clean, safe water in rural, remote communities in order to improve health and wellbeing. To learn more about the Another Drop Seminar Series, visit: http://inweh.unu.edu/another-drop/ To learn more about the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), visit: http://inweh.unu.edu/