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    Shocking New Statistics About Water And Hygiene In Hospitals Around The World

    A new report offers the first comprehensive assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries.
    by Nurith Aizenman Apr 03, 2019 1 minute
    A new report finds that many health-care facilities in poor countries lack any sort of water supply.

    Go to the hospital or a clinic in a wealthy country, and you take it for granted that there's going to be enough clean water — for the doctor to wash her hands before she attends to you,

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