Story May 17, 2024 “Curing diseases starts with sanitation and hygiene” - An Interview with Uganda’s Health Commissioner, Dr Herbert Nabaasa As Uganda prepares to unlock an additional USD 1.5 million for sanitation alongside its Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP), SHF...
Story May 16, 2024 Better health is in our hands In this article published on 15 May 2024 in Uganda's Daily Monitor, Dr Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Uganda...
Story April 25, 2024 2023 in Review: SHF's Annual Report looks back at year of scaling up solutions, partnerships and impact for people, economies and the planet SHF released this week its second Annual Report titled ‘Building Sanitation Economies and Menstrual Health Markets for a Sustainable...
News April 16, 2024 Untapped sanitation economies worth almost USD 19 billion in five African countries alone Market assessments commissioned by the UN’s SHF confirm investment in national sanitation economies could unlock significant economic...
News January 11, 2024 Investment in Menstrual Health, a win-win-win for women, economies and the environment Transforming the menstrual hygiene marketplace, with an estimated size of 1.8 billion people globally, will change the trajectory of...
News December 18, 2023 Investment in Menstrual Health and Hygiene offers promising potential for impact With 1.8 billion people menstruating around the world every month, access to menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is critical to their...
News August 22, 2023 SHF Statement on 2023 JMP Report The UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) welcomes the latest progress report of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water...
News March 30, 2023 SHF Annual Report 2022 looks back at critical foundational year for the sanitation economy model Operational since July 2021, the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF), is the only UN fund dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal...
News March 23, 2023 Switzerland contributes record CHF 16 million to tackle global sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health crisis Funds to be leveraged by the SHF to catalyze national sanitation economies in Africa and Asia BERN/GENEVA, 23 MARCH 2023 - The UN’s...
News February 27, 2023 A spotlight on the circular sanitation economy at the UN 2023 Water Conference Nigeria, WTO and SHF host official side event on Catalysing sanitation economies to deliver on SDG Target 6.2 The Federal Republic of...
News December 06, 2022 Former World Bank Vice President Jingdong Hua joins SHF Board The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jingdong Hua, former Vice President and Treasurer...
News August 12, 2022 SHF commissions study to quantify potential and impact of menstrual health interventions PSI-Europe will work with the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) to generate cost/benefit estimates and estimates of impact for...