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P&G has more than 70 partnerships to provide safe drinking water in the developing world, raise awareness, or implement programs. View a list of partners working with P&G.

Some examples of past partnerships include:
P&G joined the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, CARE, and Population Services International to create the Safe Drinking Water Alliance and help make drinking water safe in three separate countries.

• Press Release Announcing Safe Drinking Water Alliance
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• Description of the Safe Drinking Water Alliance
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• P&G and USAID created a safe drinking partnership to provide safe drinking water for survivors of the Pakistan earthquake. These efforts are being led in Pakistan by Population Services International and their local affiliate, Greenstar.
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UNICEF and P&G formed an alliance to provide safe drinking water in the developing world. This effort focused on three main areas: supporting UNICEF's drive to bring safe water to schools, helping families in emergency situations and reducing household exposure to arsenic-contaminated water. This work was conducted in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, and Pakistan.
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P&G is a founding member of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage. The mission of the Network is to contribute to a significant reduction in waterborne disease, especially among vulnerable populations, by promoting household water treatment and safe storage as a key component of water, sanitation and hygiene programs. The Network will accomplish this mission through advocacy, communication, research and implementation.

• WHO statement about P&G efforts in providing safe drinking water
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