On 19 November 2020, CRIDF and ROCKBlue co-hosted an event with the Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation (ESAWAS) Regulators Association and the African Forum for Utility Regulation (AFUR) to look back at water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) efforts during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the title Effectiveness of WASH-based…
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Coronavirus and beyond: the importance of WASH
With the exception of South Africa, where the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has passed 1,000, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has been less affected by the novel coronavirus that has paralysed the rest of the world. This does not tell us anything about the future progression of the disease in the region,…