Without access to water and sanitation, basic precautions like handwashing are major challenges in parts of the developing world, writes Henk Ovink, a water-access official with the Dutch government and the UN
Henk Ovink is Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Sherpa to the United Nations High Level Panel on Water. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
Washing your hands frequently, with plenty of water and soap, is one of the simplest and most effective measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Yet due to a lack of water supply and indoor plumbing, three-quarters of households in the developing world won't be able to follow this advice, Tim Wainwright of the nonprofit WaterAid told The Guardian, because they lack some place to wash with soap and water.
Henk OvinkThis is not a faraway problem. The pandemic may be raging in Europe and the US, but it is spreading across Asia, Africa and Latin America, from where it may yet return to strike the Northern Hemisphere again. This pandemic is a global threat, and it will not be defeated until our most vulnerable communities are safe.
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