A quarter of the world's population lacks safe drinking water

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that one in four people worldwide does not have access to safe drinking water, in a post on platform X. Ghebreyesus called for cooperation to improve the health and dignity of all.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that a quarter of the world's population, or one in four people, do not have access to safe drinking water. This was stated in a post on platform X today, Friday. Ghebreyesus emphasized that safe water is the foundation of health, calling for cooperation to improve the health and dignity of everyone everywhere. The article lacks additional details about data sources or the scope of the crisis.