WHO, FIFA launch joint campaign to equip football community to tackle COVID-19 Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the…
Water for Rural Africa (WRA) has followed closely with grave apprehension the continuous increase of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country and the approach being adopted by the national response team to combat a pandemic…
In a coordinated effort to combat the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to work closely to ensure the latest and most reliable information…
tay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but…
Over the years, there have been calls on African governments to prioritize the provision of water and sanitation facilities to enhance good health, but the results are mediocre. More often than not, the projections of…
The consequences of global warming have been worse than expected and they are mainly felt in the form of water. Ahead of World Water Day 22 March SIWI calls for a new approach, so that…
Groundwater plays a vital role in both water security and public health. In the face of climate change and unpredictability as well as growing demands and competition we are now seeing an increasing dependence on…
For the first time in the history of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, the top five risks in terms of likelihood all relate to water. A connection that worryingly doesn’t seem to have…
A serious multi-year drought in parts of South Africa’s Northern and Eastern Cape provinces has seen a number of small towns threatened by total water supply failures and livestock farmers facing financial ruin. In other…
Manipulation and targeted disinformation pose dangerous and growing problems for transboundary water cooperation. SIWI’s Dr Martina Klimes, Advisor on Water and Peace, explores the topic in a new article for the scientific research community Global…
