Better Health through Improvements in Water and Sanitation

While significant progress has been made towards addressing the challenge of providing basic water access, there are still nearly one billion people who lack convenient access to safe water, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South and East Asia. Furthermore, over two and a half billion people in the world lack access to adequate sanitation. This brief examines an integrated approach of water, sanitation, and hygiene which will maximize health impacts.

Author(s): Cheryl Choge, Peter McCornick

Published: September 2010

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