Off track, off target

Off-track, off-target, the new global report from WaterAid, highlights how:

• almost 900 million people worldwide are without access to clean water
• the 2015 Millennium Goal Target for sanitation, on current trends, will be missed by a billion people

Widespread lack of access to these essential needs is the primary cause of diarrhoea, now the biggest killer of children in Africa and the second biggest killer of children in South Asia.
 
The report's research finds that there are, however, practical and effective steps that can be taken by governments, donors, international agencies and civil society which can turn this crisis around.

These include urgently strengthening leadership, ensuring equity and sustainability, targeting funding to the countries and communities most in need, and increasing resources to address funding gaps.

The Sanitation and Water for All Partnership can also make a critical difference to building momentum for change and progress.

Read and download the document here:

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