Water and Sanitation in Emergencies. Why focus on water and sanitation? Preventative Health.
Water and Sanitation
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SANITATION SANITATION 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALMOST ONE BILLION CHILDREN, LIVE WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALMOST ONE BILLION CHILDREN, LIVE WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION 2.6 2.6 billion people without adequate sanitation billion people without adequate sanitation 4 4 billion people with adequate sanitation billion people with adequate sanitation 61% 61% 49% 49% 77%* 77%* * Millennium Development Goals’ target * Millennium Development Goals’ target 2008 2008 2015 2015 1990 1990 SECONDS, A CHILD DIES AS A RESULT OF POOR SANITATION SECONDS, A CHILD DIES AS A RESULT OF POOR SANITATION EVERY EVERY Investing in improved sanitation and safe drinking water could save 2.2 million children per year Investing in improved sanitation and safe drinking water could save 2.2 million children per year ACCESS TO SANITATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION ACCESS TO SANITATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION
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Today 2.5 billion people, including almost one billion children, live without even basic sanitation. Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of poor sanitation. That's 1.5 million preventable deaths each year.
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SANITATIONSANITATION
2.6 BILLIONPEOPLE, INCLUDING ALMOST ONE BILLION CHILDREN, LIVE WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION
2.6 BILLIONPEOPLE, INCLUDING ALMOST ONE BILLION CHILDREN, LIVE WITHOUT BASIC SANITATION
2.62.6billion people
without adequatesanitation
billion peoplewithout adequate
sanitation 44billion people
with adequatesanitation
billion peoplewith adequate
sanitation
61%61%49%49%
77%*77%*
* Millennium Development Goals’ target* Millennium Development Goals’ target
20082008
20152015
19901990SECONDS, A CHILD DIES AS A
RESULT OF POOR
SANITATION
SECONDS, A CHILD DIES AS A
RESULT OF POOR
SANITATION
EVERYEVERY
Investing in improved
sanitation and safe drinking water could
save 2.2 million children per
year
Investing in improved
sanitation and safe drinking water could
save 2.2 million children per
year
ACCESS TO SANITATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION
ACCESS TO SANITATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION
