WHO and UNICEF report says over 800 million children aren’t able to wash hands at school

According to a joint report by World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, released on August 12, more than 800 million children globally are t able to wash ir hands at school. world is steily coming out of lockdowns, invoked to stop spre of contagious virus. In this step of unlocking re are guidelines for reopening schools during pandemic, which emphasis on hygiene and cleanliness to reduce transmission of virus and recommend schools to enforce regular hand washing, among or precautionary measures.

report from two top bodies said: “However, in 60 countries identified as having highest risk of health and humanitarian crisis due to Covid-19, one in two schools lacked basic water and sanitation services and three in four lacked basic handwashing services at start of pandemic.”

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report reveals re are 818 million children all around world, who do t have access to basic handwashing at school premises. Out of se 818 million children, only 355 million children mainly from rrn Africa and Western Asia have availability of water, but t soap. remaining 462 million have access to both water and soap for handwashing.

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Worst condition in sub-Saharan region 

Condition of sub-Saharan Africa is worst, according to report and over half of children live without access to handwashing in this region. report also throws light on access to drinking water in schools, as per report 70% of schools have basic drinking water services, but re are still 584 million children globally without access to basic drinking water at school. Many lived in sub-Saharan Africa, and three countries in particular: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Democratic Republic of Congo face this problem worst. Nearly 700 million children lack basic sanitation at school, and 20%, or over 350 million schools, have sanitation service at all, said report.

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