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WHO - Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target: A Mid-Term Assessment of Progress 2004
Abstract
The combination of safe drinking water and hygienic
sanitation facilities is a precondition for health and
for success in the fight against poverty, hunger, child
deaths and gender inequality. It is also central to the
human rights and personal dignity of every woman, man
and child on earth. Yet 2.6 billion people – half the developing
world – lack even a simple ‘improved’ latrine. One
person in six – more than 1 billion of our fellow human
beings – has little choice but to use potentially harmful
sources of water. The consequences of our collective failure
to tackle this problem are dimmed prospects for the
billions of people locked in a cycle of poverty and disease.
In adopting the Millennium Development Goals, the
countries of the world pledged to reduce by half the
proportion of people without access to safe drinking
water and basic sanitation. The results so far are mixed.
With the exception of sub-Saharan Africa, the world is
well on its way to meeting the drinking water target by
2015, but progress in sanitation is stalled in many developing
regions.
This report, produced by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring
Programme on Water Supply and Sanitation
(JMP), provides the latest estimates and trends on where
we stand today. The JMP’s estimates are critical for calculating
rates of progress towards national goals and
for highlighting priorities, especially those that target
the underserved.
For those countries in which progress has been slow,
the report’s finding should provide an incentive to accelerate
action in the crucial years ahead. For countries ‘on
track’, they should remind us that our work is not finished
until every citizen is served.
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