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UN: Risk of sanitation and water supply services slipping
13.04.2012 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
While access to water, sanitation and hygiene has improved globally, there is a serious risk that the world may slip backwards on the gains made.
Thats the warning of a new report released Thursday by the World Health Organization and UN-Water.
The 2012 Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water, GLAAS for short, calls for additional and more targeted resources, especially for routine operation and maintenance of existing systems and services.
«The analysis also helps to indentify the reasons behind the disparity in access to sanitation and drinking water and so it really is a very helpful report to map the way forward and to inform decision making,» says Michel Jarraud, Chair of UN-Water and Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization.
In March it was announced that the Millennium Development Goal of cutting in half the number of people without access to safe drinking water had already been met ahead of the 2015 deadline. But, Mr. Jarraud says that does not mean efforts should be relaxed because there are still billions who do not have access to safe drinking water. He also stresses that the MDG target for sanitation is not on track, with 2.5 billion people still without access to improved sanitation.
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