Restrictions on gatherings and movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected essentially all aspects of life around the world—from movie theater closures in India to November’s 2020 G20 Summit being held virtually.
Without reliable access to water billions of people are unable to heed the advice of public health officials to wash their hands to prevent COVID-19 spread.
The USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)-funded Budikadidi Development Food Security Activity (DFSA) located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and led by Catholic Relief Services, has pivoted water management and governance,
Kenya recorded its first case of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, prompting the government to institute immediate containment measures meant to protect the public.
Jim Barnhart, Assistant to the Administrator in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, shares perspectives on the Over the Horizon strategy in this Circle of Blue article on the response to a COVID-altered world.
In response to the new demands that the novel coronavirus has placed on water and sanitation providers (WSPs) in emerging markets, the World Bank Water Global Practice, with support from the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership, has de
COVID-19 dictated the format of this year’s University of North Carolina (UNC) Water and Health Conference, which was held from October 26–30, 2020, in a virtual format and free of charge for the first time ever.
Water utilities and smaller water service providers throughout sub-Saharan Africa are under great financial strain as they juggle COVID-19 mandates to expand services at a time when revenue has plummeted.