"1/3 Of Hospitals In Developing World Lack Clean Running Water - Study"

"Every year, half a million babies die before they are one-month-old due to a lack of clean water and safe sanitation in hospitals".

"LONDON - At least a third of hospitals in developing nations do not have clean running water, a study has found, leading to unsanitary conditions and further spread of disease in drought-hit areas.

The study examined 430 hospitals in developing countries and found that one third of clinics did not have a reliable source of clean water to perform surgical operations.

Water availability ranged from 20 percent in Sierra Leone and Liberia to more than 90 percent in India, Malaysia and Guinea, according to the report, which used World Bank data and analysed previous studies between 2009 and 2015."

Lin Taylor reports for the Thomson Reuters Foundation June 23, 2016.