Source: UN Children's Fund
Country: Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Southern Africa
The impact of the drought in Southern Africa on WASH is already observed in places where the drought has been more acute and where WASH coverage was already low.
Only 61 per cent of the region’s population has access to safe drinking water and 39 per cent have access to adequate sanitation facilities.
Approximately 6.4 million people (including 3.2 million children) in the seven priority countries have reduced access to safe water as a direct result of the El Niño drought.