No images? Click here WHO Media Advisory WHO virtual press briefing 29 June 2021 Embargoed until 15h30 CEST on Thursday, July 1 Dear journalists, On Thursday, July 1, WHO will host a press briefing to launch the latest figures on progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000 – 2020, from a new report of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP). The JMP report presents estimates on household access to safely managed drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services over the past five years, and assesses progress toward achieving the sixth sustainable development goal (SDG) to ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030’. The report provides data on the number of people worldwide who could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time, the report also presents emerging national data on menstrual health. WHO: - Rick Johnston, co-lead (WHO), Joint Monitoring Programme. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO - Tom Slaymaker, co-lead (UNICEF), Joint Monitoring Programme. Senior Statistics & Monitoring Specialist, Data & Analytics Section, UNICEF WHEN : 1 July 2021 at 15h30 CEST WHERE: Virtual press conference via Zoom https://who-e.zoom.us/j/99450033546 Passcode: vpcWASHvpc Webinar ID: 994 5003 3546 Numeric Passcode for phone access: 8088876714 International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/acIZVz9LUb **************************** To receive the embargoed material please contact Ceridwen Johnson at johnsonce@who.int and Andrei MUCHNIK, muchnika@who.int Please note that the embargo lifts at 15h30 CEST on Thursday, July 1 You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. |