by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Increasingly, unsustainable practices are placing pressure on natural resources to meet the needs of a rapidly growing global population, resulting in, among other things, soil, water and air pollution, and deforestation. Respiratory diseases and digestive...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Many school children in Southeast Asia suffer from ailments such as diarrhoea, acute respiratory diseases, worms and dental caries, all of which are preventable and caused mainly by poor hygiene. These illnesses impair a child’s physical and cognitive...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay struggle with similar water and sanitation challenges. In Nicaragua, less than 20 per cent of people living in the northern and southern autonomous administrative regions, home to many indigenous communities, have access to...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Economic studies conducted in Africa have shown that impacts resulting from poor sanitation and hygiene cost the economies between 0.9 and 2.4 per cent of annual gross domestic product. This translates into approximately $10 per capita per year. These...
