safe drinking water

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water, leaving families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden...

Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people...

News Hour: Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report...