Progress on drinking water and sanitation
2012 update WHO
UNICEF and World Health Organization 2012
Available online PDF file [66p.] at: http://bit.ly/wlUJoc
“….This report outlines the challenges that remain. Some regions, particularly sub-Saharan
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….”
“…….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.
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…..”
Content
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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