Follow-up of the International Year of Sanitation 2008

22 June 2011

 

Sanitation is one of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets that is lagging farthest behind. In an effort to close the sanitation gap and support global efforts to realize achievement of this target, UN Member States are called upon to re-double efforts through the initiative "Sustainable sanitation: the five-year drive to 2015". This includes scaling up ground-level action supported by strong political will, increased community participation, partnership building and improved hygiene.

A clean water supply and improved sanitation is critical to achieving MDG's. Photo: Stacey Syne

This will be done in accordance with:

• national development strategies

• promoting the mobilization

• provision of adequate financial and technological resources

• technical know-how

• capacity building for developing countries

• developing appropriate human resources

This proves to be vital steps to improve hygiene and increase the coverage of basic sanitation especially for the poor. Such efforts are particularly important when knowing that 2.6 billion people are still without access to a toilet or latrine. Improving public health and the resultant benefits to people and their communities will contribute substantially to achieving several other MDG's.

 

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