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Worrying Insights from the UN’s First-ever Assessment of Water Security in Africa

07 Apr 2022

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500 Million People Live in 19 African Nations Deemed Water-insecure

A new report published by UNU-INWEH on the eve of World Water Day 2022 employs 10 indicators to quantify water security in Africa’s 54 countries.

21 Mar 2022

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Barry Aliman, 24 years old, bicycles with her baby to fetch water for her family, Sorobouly village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.

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Gender Blind Spots in the Water Sector

08 Mar 2022

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Protecting Environmental Water from Antimicrobial Resistance

26 Jan 2022

An aerial image of an area near the town of Kut, Iraq, showing the extent of flooding after heavy rain in November 2018.

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New Tools to Map Flood Risk Will Help Bring Disaster Planning Up to Date

07 Dec 2021

Press Release

UNU-INWEH's World Flood Mapping Tool is One of 2021’s '100 Greatest Innovations'

Popular Science named UN University’s online tool that generates street-level maps of floods worldwide as one of the 100 greatest innovations of 2021.

30 Nov 2021

The hands of a citizen scientists recording Nitrate and turbidity data on a sheet of paper with a pencil.

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Data Drought in the Global South

08 Nov 2021

A man watering plants in a small urban farm in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Where on Earth is a Water-secure World?

27 Oct 2021

A wastewater treatment facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Needed in the Global South: Wastewater Collection for COVID-19 Detection

05 Oct 2021