You've heard it again and again: Wash your hands. Frequently. But for the 2.2 billion people in the world who lack safe drinking water — mostly in low- and middle-income countries — that advice is difficult to heed.
The simplest kind of hand-washing station needs just two buckets. One bucket contained a mix of chlorine and water for the washing, with a spigot so people could tap into the supply, she explains. A second bucket, underneath the spigot, caught the wastewater.
This kind of innovation is exactly what the developing world needs right now to ward off coronavirus, says Glassman, who is the author of"We should deploy and test everything we've got," she says, citing the hand-washing stations."Affordability and fast availability is what matters now." In preparation for the surge in coronavirus cases, 13 countries from sub-Saharan Africa as well as from Myanmar and Vietnam have put in requests to PATH for the devices. The group is finalizing logistics to get them up and running.
But in this time of crisis, soap supplies may run short — or people who lose their income because of the pandemic may find soap is not affordable., has been collecting donations of soap and hand sanitizer — increasingly in short supply as the city is in lockdown — for the 1,000 refugee families he serves in Delhi.
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