CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -“Hygiene Matters” is the theme of 7th WASH conclave 2020 being held during 2nd to 4th December 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -The WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) initiative has been taken by various countries in order to provide safe drinking water, proper sanitation facilities and a hygienic environment and livelihood to its people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is at the centre of this ambitious new agenda – with a distinct sector goal (SDG 6) that envisions universal, sustainable, and equitable access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as the elimination of open defecation by 2030.

Detailed explanation-4: -The overall purposes of sanitation are to provide a healthy living environment for everyone, to protect the natural resources (such as surface water, groundwater, soil), and to provide safety, security and dignity for people when they defecate or urinate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are crucial to human health and well-being. Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments.