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      1 in 3 people worldwide not having access to safe drinking water: UN report
                       Source: Xinhua | 2019-06-19 18:44:17 | Editor: huaxia

      A boy is seen near a tap in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 22, 2019, which is the World Water Day. Yemen has suffered from grinding crisis of water after four years of deadly civil war. According to the UN, over 18 million Yemenis currently lack access to clean drinking water. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

      GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Billions of people worldwide are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, including 2.2 billion who are not having safe drinking water, according to a latest UN report released on Tuesday.

      Globally, some 2.2 billion people do not have safely managed drinking water services, 4.2 billion do not have safely managed sanitation services, and three billion lack basic hand-washing facilities, according to a joint report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).

      While acknowledging significant progress toward achieving universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene, the report also underlines huge gaps in the quality of services provided.

      Though 1.8 billion people have gained access to basic drinking water services since 2000, vast inequalities in the accessibility, availability and quality of these services still exist, the report says. It is estimated that one in 10 people, or some 785 million, still lack basic services, including the 144 million who drink untreated surface water.

      Data also show that eight in 10 people living in rural areas lacked access to these services, and in one in four countries with estimates for different wealth groups, coverage of basic services among the richest was at least twice as high as among the poorest.

      Meanwhile, though 2.1 billion people have gained access to basic sanitation services since 2000, in many parts of the world the wastes produced are not safely managed, which leads to two billion people still lacking basic sanitation, among whom seven out of 10 living in rural areas and one third in the Least Developed Countries.

      "Countries must double their efforts on sanitation or we will not reach universal access by 2030," said Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.

      Otherwise, "we will continue to live with diseases" like "diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and neglected tropical diseases including trachoma, intestinal worms and schistosomiasis", Neira said.

      "Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene is cost-effective and good for society in so many ways. It is an essential foundation for good health," she added.

      According to WHO data, basic water services refer to having a protected drinking water source that takes less than thirty minutes to collect water from, using an improved toilet or latrine that does not have to be shared with other households, and having hand-washing facilities with soap and water in the home.

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      1 in 3 people worldwide not having access to safe drinking water: UN report

      Source: Xinhua 2019-06-19 18:44:17

      A boy is seen near a tap in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 22, 2019, which is the World Water Day. Yemen has suffered from grinding crisis of water after four years of deadly civil war. According to the UN, over 18 million Yemenis currently lack access to clean drinking water. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

      GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Billions of people worldwide are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, including 2.2 billion who are not having safe drinking water, according to a latest UN report released on Tuesday.

      Globally, some 2.2 billion people do not have safely managed drinking water services, 4.2 billion do not have safely managed sanitation services, and three billion lack basic hand-washing facilities, according to a joint report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).

      While acknowledging significant progress toward achieving universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene, the report also underlines huge gaps in the quality of services provided.

      Though 1.8 billion people have gained access to basic drinking water services since 2000, vast inequalities in the accessibility, availability and quality of these services still exist, the report says. It is estimated that one in 10 people, or some 785 million, still lack basic services, including the 144 million who drink untreated surface water.

      Data also show that eight in 10 people living in rural areas lacked access to these services, and in one in four countries with estimates for different wealth groups, coverage of basic services among the richest was at least twice as high as among the poorest.

      Meanwhile, though 2.1 billion people have gained access to basic sanitation services since 2000, in many parts of the world the wastes produced are not safely managed, which leads to two billion people still lacking basic sanitation, among whom seven out of 10 living in rural areas and one third in the Least Developed Countries.

      "Countries must double their efforts on sanitation or we will not reach universal access by 2030," said Dr. Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health.

      Otherwise, "we will continue to live with diseases" like "diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and neglected tropical diseases including trachoma, intestinal worms and schistosomiasis", Neira said.

      "Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene is cost-effective and good for society in so many ways. It is an essential foundation for good health," she added.

      According to WHO data, basic water services refer to having a protected drinking water source that takes less than thirty minutes to collect water from, using an improved toilet or latrine that does not have to be shared with other households, and having hand-washing facilities with soap and water in the home.

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