Date of Publication
2021 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Health
Keywords
Health Security, drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, menstrual health, global health
Description
The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/ UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH. In 2020, the JMP released updated estimates for WASH in schools and WASH in health care facilities (2000-2019). This report presents updated national, regional and global estimates for WASH in households for the period 2000 to 2020 and takes stock of progress five years into the SDG period (2015-2020).
Progress on Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/ UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH. In 2020, the JMP released updated estimates for WASH in schools and WASH in health care facilities (2000-2019). This report presents updated national, regional and global estimates for WASH in households for the period 2000 to 2020 and takes stock of progress five years into the SDG period (2015-2020).
Comments
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