Meeting the MDG drinking water and sanitation target: a mid-term assessment of progress
83 % of the world's population are using improved drinking water sources, but 1.1 billion people are still without coverage. Progress in sub-Saharan Africa was impressive, moving from 49 % coverage in 1990 to 58 % in 2002. But at this rate it will not meet the MDG target by 2015. An estimated 2.6 billion people lack improved sanitation. Despite major progress in South Asia, more than a third of its population use improved sanitation, coverage in sub-Saharan Africa is only 36 %. Globally, the human population without coverage declined by only 100 million.
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Geneva (Switzerland) WHO
2004
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Subjects: | DRINKING WATER, WATER SUPPLY, PUBLIC HEALTH, HYGIENE, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, SOCIAL POLICIES, POLITIQUE DE DEVELOPPEMENT, POLITIQUE SOCIALE, EAU POTABLE, APPROVISIONNEMENT EN EAU, SANTE PUBLIQUE, PLAN DE DEVELOPPEMENT, DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE, POLITICA DE DESARROLLO, POLITICA SOCIAL, AGUA POTABLE, ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA, SALUD PUBLICA, HIGIENE, PLANES DE DESARROLLO, DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE, |
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Summary: | 83 % of the world's population are using improved drinking water sources, but 1.1 billion people are still without coverage. Progress in sub-Saharan Africa was impressive, moving from 49 % coverage in 1990 to 58 % in 2002. But at this rate it will not meet the MDG target by 2015. An estimated 2.6 billion people lack improved sanitation. Despite major progress in South Asia, more than a third of its population use improved sanitation, coverage in sub-Saharan Africa is only 36 %. Globally, the human population without coverage declined by only 100 million. |
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