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UNICEF says 3 bln people globally lack handwashing facilities at home

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (Xinhua) Although handwashing with soap is vital in the fight against infectious diseases, including COVID-19, billions of people around the world do not have ready access to a place to do it, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.
According to new UNICEF estimates, 40 percent of the world's population, or 3 billion people, do not have a handwashing facility with water and soap at home. The number is much higher in the least developed countries, where nearly three-quarters go without.
Kelly Ann Naylor, associate director of water, sanitation and hygiene at UNICEF, said that it is "unacceptable" that the most vulnerable communities are unable to use the simplest of methods to protect themselves and their loved ones.
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