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Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Gender influences hand hygiene needs, yet biases persist. This #GlobalHandwashingDay, let's
ensure hand hygiene programs address gender equity. Learn why clean hands are still important:
bit.ly/4733IA6
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Our WASH Officer, is proud of initiatives in place to curbing cholera. "Ensuring children have access to clean, safe water and better hygiene practices is our priority," says Lukundo 🚰💧🧼🪣
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
A new RWASH study shows by investing in piped, climate-smart water systems, the cost of providing water to refugees & host communities has dropped by a massive 92% in Ethiopia compared to water trucking. #WithRefugees
Read More: bit.ly/3xdBt4o
"Over 60 per cent of people in Central and Western provinces and a quarter of urban Lusaka households lack reliable access to safe water". We have months to go before the rains come and hopefully end the drought in Zambia. lnkd.in/dBtkpHxj @reliefweb @unicefzambia
Happy #AfricaVaccinationWeek! I agree completely @unicefzambia Dr Mwansa wonderful, devoted colleague!
“My ultimate goal is to ensure that #children have the chance to grow & thrive without being burdened by disease or poor health. Passionate about improving child healthcare, I find immense excitement in playing a significant role in achieving this vision,” Dr. Francis D. Mwansa.
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
The driest February on record in southern Africa is threatening food supplies in three countries.
🔗🏜️: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
ALT A map of Southern Africa, with areas colored by whether they are impacted by driest (magenta), second-driest (pink) and third-driest (yellow) weather on record. Magenta covers most of Zambia, northwestern Zimbabwe and parts of northern Botswana, and eastern Angola. Some areas in the south of South Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique are also colored. Source: UC Santa Barbara Climate Hazards Center. Note: Preliminary data from Feb. 1–28; records started in 1981.
Excellent work @RRegenvanu! Great to see this active land management for conversation!
#CommunityConservation
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Meet Nej, a dedicated advocate whose work spans across multiple global causes. Granted with extraordinary powers, he sets out on a mission to
#EndChildMarriage. - " Young girls, who wed as #children, face dwindling access to education & a heightened risk of perpetual poverty."
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
On #WorldWaterDay let's reflect on "Water for Peace" 🕊️💧 “I worked in parts of the world where I saw wars caused by a growing lack of water." - @Emily_PE, Chief WASH. "#ClimateChange will pose new water challenges that we must address..."
Full article: bit.ly/3TxHdwT
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Adolescent pregnancy remains at 29% - stagnant & alarming! Lack of access to #education is a key factor (#Zambia DHS, 2018). Let's provide gender-responsive information services, education on #SRHR. Together, let's #Endchildmarriage due to pregnancy. #TakeActionNow 👩🏾🦱 🚫
I'm so glad Rabbeca is a part of our team!
In commemoration of #WorldWaterDay, our #TeamTuesday celebrates Rabbeca, WASH Officer (UNV).
- “I dream to invent a device that makes water clean forever so that #children have continuous access to clean & safe water & are protected from water-related diseases like diarrhea.”💧
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
The cholera outbreak in #Zambia is concerning, with the number of cases disproportionately affecting children and doubling in the last few days. @unicefzambia is providing supplies to help the #WASH and #health sectors to respond. More resources are urgently needed.
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Our paper, “Can’t Boil, Won’t Boil: Material Inequality, Information, and Disease Avoidance during a Typhoid Epidemic in Tampere, Finland, in 1916” with Jarmo Peltola and @henkkamik is out in Social Science History! tinyurl.com/4e3chad4 @socscihist @SocSciHelsinki 1/12
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
"The risk of cholera will not end until everyone has safely managed #water #sanitation and #hygiene." #CPHIA2023 side event, @Emily_PE @UNICEFZambia WASH Chief. - Chlorinate, Boil, or Filter your water before you drink! Together we can #EndCholera. @AfricaCDC #SDG6 📣
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
1⃣ Chlorinate
2⃣ Boil, or
3⃣ Filter your water before you drink
Together we can #EndCholera. @Emily_PE, @UNICEFZambiaWASH Chief at the recent #CPHIA2023 in #Lusaka @AfricaCDC @mohzambia
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Let's join forces to #EndCholera by CHLORINATING, BOILING, or FILTERING your drinking water. Stay alert, stay safe! -@Emily_PE, @UNICEF #Zambia WASH Chief 💧#CholeraAlert💧 🚨
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Thank you, Honourable Minister of Water Development & Sanitation, Mike Mposha, for the opportunity to engage on #unicef collaboration on improving #sanitation and #water to the people (and children) of #Zambia . Sincerely appreciate your guidance and our partnership!
This is not a topic I which I feel I am an expert, so I'm really grateful the @CWiwater events are so interactive. I really hope you will all join and share your great ideas with us!
🤔 9:00 UTC is not a good time for you? Join the 2nd Learn & Share at 15:00 UTC! 😍
We are glad to have @Emily_PE @unicefzambia & Priyanka Pandey @GYBN_Nepal discussing how to increase #young women's #leadership in the water sector 👩🏽🏫💧
Register here 👉🏽 cwiw.org/events/1500nov23/
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
Essential supplies - including clean water - are rapidly running out in Gaza.
A UNICEF-supported desalination plant is providing safe water and UN trucks have entered Gaza with bottled water.
But the needs are immense. We need unrestricted humanitarian access throughout Gaza.
Emily Christensen Rand retweeted
It's ticking away - TIME - and more than ever, we need #ClimateActionNow! “In #Zambia, climate change is defined by water. Too much or too little water can lead to waterborne & vector diseases, drought, floods, food insecurity, & a child rights crisis.” - Chief of WASH @Emily_PE
