The joint report which gives 2017 update on Sustainable Development Goals, presents the first global assessment of “safely managed” drinking water and sanitation services.
Its overriding conclusion is that too many people still lack access, particularly in rural areas.
Three in 10 people worldwide lack access to clean water at home, a new joint report by World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef shows.
This translates to 2.1 billion people. Of the world’s total population, another six out of 10 or 4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation, according to the report.
The joint report which gives 2017 update on Sustainable Development Goals, presents the first global assessment of “safely managed” drinking water and sanitation services. Its overriding conclusion is that too many people still lack access, particularly in rural areas.
“Safe water, sanitation and hygiene at home should not be a privilege of only those who are rich or live in urban centres,” the newly appointed WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus yesterday said in a statement.
“These are some of the most basic requirements for human health, and all countries have a responsibility to ensure that everyone can access them.”
Poor hygiene poses a risk of diseases such as diarrhoea, which kills 361,000 children aged under five annually.
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