Limited access to clean water and poor sanitation continues to have a negative impact on people's health in the Pacific and contributes to the spread of preventable diseases.
That's according to the UN agency for children UNICEF which works with almost a million children across the region.
Its Pacific representative Sheldon Yett told Koroi Hawkins there are many factors hampering progress on this very important front including geography, natural disasters and the negative impacts of climate change.
Water is a precious resource in the Pacific Islands. Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades
