News February 06, 2025 New SHF-RHSC partnership aims to improve understanding of the menstrual health market and better support trade flows in LMICs There is growing recognition of the potential of a thriving menstrual health market to provide life-changing access to safe, quality...
News February 05, 2025 SHF joins Global Health Campus in Geneva Global UN fund’s move highlights the vital link between health and sanitation The UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) is joining...
Story January 20, 2025 Building A Thriving Menstrual Health Market for all: The Road from Davos In January 2024, the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) took menstrual...
Press Release December 02, 2024 Sanitation Financing to take centrestage at global One Water Summit Sustainable financing solutions, including the UN SHF’s market-based approach, to be showcased at much anticipated Heads of States...
Press Release November 26, 2024 New SHF-funded project aims to accelerate Nigeria's sanitation economy to strengthen markets, access and health resilience WaterAid Nigeria to implement SHF-funded project to support government efforts on market-based sanitation and cholera prevention and...
News November 18, 2024 Next Generation Sanitation: harnessing the power of finance and innovation On World Toilet Day 2024, SHF Board Chair, Cecilia Akintomide, and Executive Director, Dominic O'Neill, outline both the imperative...
Story November 14, 2024 As the climate crisis deepens, innovative sanitation solutions help strengthen community’s health resilience in Uganda In Uganda’s Kawongo Landing Site, one of the busy trading ports and villages around the country’s many lakes, increasingly frequent...
Story November 08, 2024 Kenya’s Sanitation Economy, where public financing and private sector innovation meet SHF has been implementing a multi-faceted approach in Kenya to build its sanitation economy and advance its journey toward more...
Story October 22, 2024 “Any rights-based approach to Menstrual Health must include choice”: Community Health & Gender Activist Naomi Tulay-Solanke Noted Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) champion and SHF Board Member, Noami Tulay-Solanke, outlines how access to safe, quality and...
News October 17, 2024 SHF Statement on the Global Commission on the Economics of Water Report The UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) welcomes the Global Commission on the Economics of Water’s (GCEW) report published today...
Press Release October 02, 2024 Toward global standards for menstrual products: SHF allocates grant to Swedish Institute for Standards to bolster participation of emerging economies Global UN fund awards USD 250,000 grant for the development and adoption of global menstrual product standards. Supporting Low- and...
Press Release September 23, 2024 Setting standards for a thriving menstrual health market: SHF launches initiative for safe, quality and affordable menstrual products for all at Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting Global UN fund announces Commitment to Action to drive development of inclusive global quality standards for menstrual products. The...