PHM-Exch> Progress on drinking water and sanitation 2012 update WHO

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


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*Progress on drinking water and sanitation
2012 update WHO

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*UNICEF and World Health Organization 2012

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Available online PDF file [66p.] at: http://bit.ly/wlUJoc

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“….This report outlines the challenges that remain. Some regions,
particularly sub-Saharan **Africa**, are lagging behind. Many rural
dwellers and the poor often miss out on improvements to drinking water and
sanitation. And the burden of poor water supply falls most heavily on girls
and women. Reducing these disparities must be a priority.****

The recognition by the UN General Assembly, in 2010, of water and
sanitation as a human right provides additional political impetus towards
the ultimate goal of providing everyone with access to these vital
services….”

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*“…….The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and
Sanitation, known as the JMP*, reports every two years on access to
drinking water and sanitation worldwide and on progress towards related
targets under Millennium Development Goal 7. This 2012 report is based on
data gathered from household surveys and censuses, including both recent
and older data sets that have come to the attention of the JMP. The
estimates presented here describe the situation as of end-2010 and
supersede those of the JMP update published in March 2010.****

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The report brings welcome news: The MDG drinking water target, which calls
for halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to
safe drinking water between 1990 and 2015, was met in 2010, five years
ahead of schedule. However, the report also shows why the job is far from
finished. Many still lack safe drinking water, and the world is unlikely to
meet the MDG sanitation target. Continued efforts are needed to reduce
urban-rural disparities and inequities associated with poverty; to
dramatically increase coverage in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and
Oceania; to promote global monitoring of drinking water quality; to bring
sanitation ‘on track’; and to look beyond the MDG target towards universal
coverage…..”

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Content****

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*Looking Forward, Looking Back*

*03 **Global Drinking Water Trends 1990-2010*

*04 *Progress Towards the MDG Target****

*08 *Regional Trends****

*11 *An Alternative Indicator of Progress****

*12 *Urban-Rural Disparities****

*14 **Global Sanitation Trends 1990-2010*

*15 *Progress Towards the MDG Target****

*18 *Regional Trends****

*22 *An Alternative Indicator of Progress****

*23 *Urban-Rural Disparities****

*26 **The Equity Imperative*

*27 *Looking Beyond Averages****

*28 *Water & Sanitation Use in Least Developed Countries****

*29 *Water & Sanitation Use by Wealth Quintiles****

*31 *Gender and the Burden of Collecting Water****

*32 **JMP Methodology and What Lies Ahead*

*33 *JMP Estimates****

*34 *Growth of the JMP Database****

*34 *Data Limitations****

*35 *Data Reconciliation****

*35 *JMP Task Forces****

*35 *Looking Beyond 2015****

*37 **Statistical Tables*

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*56 *Annex: Trends In Urban and Rural Water Supply Coverage *58

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