UNICEF published a report on water supply for children in complex humanitarian emergencies, drawing on data from 16 conflict-affected countries. The UN agency notes that almost three times as many children under 15 worldwide die from diarrhoeal diseases caused by lack of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities than from actual conflicts; for children and infants under five, more than…...

Sewage can reveal the occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteriain in the, mainly healthy, population. Antimicrobial resistance is mainly related to the sanitary conditions in the country and the population’s general state of health and less to the use of antimicrobials. The Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden have the lowest levels of antimicrobial resistance, whereas Tanzania, Vietnam and Nigeria have the…...