Diarrhoea caused 15% of under-5 deaths (1.3 million deaths) in 2008 and poor water supply and sanitation are the main underlying problem. MDG7 calls for a halving of the number of people without access to safe drinking waterBMJArchives of Disease in Childhood...
Going Small When the City Grows Big : New Options for Water Supply and Sanitation in Rapidly Expanding Urban Areas Actual development of water and wastewater systems in towns is an outcome of several interrelated factors such as physical, economic, and social environments. Demography is also an im...
groups eager to scrutinise the final recommendations.Created to overcome poverty by enabling more of the world's poorest people to get access to safe water and sanitation, Water Aid sees these two necessities as a neglected component of efforts at improving the lot of people in developing ...
4. Provision of Clean Water and Sanitation Water and sanitation are on top of the chart regarding sustainable development. They are critical to the survival of humans and the planet.This goal aims to address aspects relating to sanitation, hygiene,drinking waterand the quality and sustainability of...
Support sustainable agriculture: Water-intensive crops like rice and cotton require significant amounts of water. By supporting sustainable farming practices, we can reduce our reliance on water-intensive agriculture. Invest in infrastructure: Improving water infrastructure, from sanit...
The recent outbreak of cholera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has resulted in a large number of illnesses with a relatively high case fatality ratio (3.2%). Access to adequate sanitation and safe water is very low in PNG and has undoubtedly contributed to the
Water usually needs to be treated before we can drink it 水在可以引用之前通常需要接受处理。 Developing countries often lack the means to treat and supply water to citizens 发展中国家通常缺乏为居民处理水并提供水的方式。 Developed countries tend to have much better sanitation ...
Exploring the interlinkages of water and sanitation across the 2030 Agenda: a Bayesian Network approach In addition, the Agenda stresses the importance of "leaving no one behind", which can only be achieved by understanding the interlinkages between the Goals and by undertaking actions to bring th...
In another survey, ‘zero hunger’, ‘clean water and sanitation’ and ‘no poverty’ were selected as the most important SDGs (Lampert and Papadongonas, 2016). Young people in particular are more likely to have heard of the SDGs, and for them, quality education is particularly important (...
Clean water is essential for drinking, cooking, and sanitation. However, many communities around the world lack access to safe and clean drinking water. We need to ensure that everyone has access to clean water and prevent pollution of our rivers, lakes, and oceans. Biodiversity is also ...