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This presents evidence from research into the situation of over 40 million Filipino children and highlights progress and gaps in the fulfilment of their rights across the country. Over the past decades the Philippines has made significant progress on child rights indicators.
20 sie 2021 · 920 million children are highly exposed to water scarcity; 1 billion children are are highly exposed to exceedingly high levels of air pollution; An estimated 850 million children – 1 in 3 worldwide – live in areas where at least four of these climate and environmental shocks overlap.
22 mar 2019 · In the Philippines, around 1 in 10 people still do not have access to improved water sources. Water-related advocacy such as World Water Day, celebrated every 22 March, is crucial in bringing global attention to the importance of water.
23 wrz 2021 · Unfortunately, the poor state of water and sanitation in the country is severely impacting stunting, or being too short for one’s age among children, and such is a marker of chronic malnutrition.
23 mar 2023 · MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Thursday said the Philippines is facing a water crisis, with some 11 million families lacking access to clean water as the dry season approaches.
21 cze 2023 · These statistics are likely to be a gross underestimate of water insecurity's total burden on child health and well-being because inadequate water compromises children's health and wellbeing via numerous, often intersecting, pathways beyond diarrheal disease.
According to UN and UNICEF data, 53% of households in the Philippines lack access to a safely managed water supply and 39% lack safe sanitation. The situation in schools is even more serious, with 55% of schools lacking access to a safely managed water supply and 26% lacking safe sanitation.
