UNHCR constructs school sanitation facilities to support host communities in western Tanzania


DAR ES SALAAM, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said on Thursday it is working to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Tanzania's refugee-hosting communities in the western region of Kigoma.

"Adequate sanitation is a basic human right, and access to it is essential for attaining better health, education, nutrition, and other human development indices," the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement.

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