
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">УЕ.This report outlines

the challenges that remain. Some regions, particularly sub-Saharan <u></u>Africa<u></u>, 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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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 servicesЕ.Ф<br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">УЕЕ.The

WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, known as

the JMP</span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">, 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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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 Сon trackТ; and to look beyond the MDG target towards

universal coverageЕ..Ф<br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font color="black" face="Swiss721BT-Bold"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Swiss721BT-Bold;font-weight:bold">Looking Forward,

Looking Back<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font color="white" face="Swiss721BT-Bold" size="4"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Swiss721BT-Bold;color:white;font-weight:bold">03 </span></font></b><b><font color="black" face="Swiss721BT-Bold"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Swiss721BT-Bold;font-weight:bold">Global Drinking Water

Trends 1990-2010<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-autospace:none"><b><font color="white" face="Swiss721BT-Bold" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Swiss721BT-Bold;color:white;font-weight:bold">08 </span></font></b><font color="black" face="MetaCorr"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:MetaCorr">Regional Trends<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


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Trends 1990-2010<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>


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What Lies Ahead<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>


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