<label id="xi47v"><meter id="xi47v"></meter></label>
       
      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.

      Back to Top Close
      Xinhuanet

      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.

      010020070750000000000000011100001381562761
      主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产天堂亚洲国产碰碰| 免费看少妇高潮成人片| 日本午夜免费福利视频| 无码人妻一区二区三区免费视频| 又爽又高潮的BB视频免费看| 亚洲一卡2卡三卡4卡无卡下载| 卡1卡2卡3卡4卡5免费视频 | 亚洲AV无码乱码在线观看代蜜桃| 国产精品久久久久免费a∨| 亚洲av第一网站久章草| 亚洲熟妇无码八AV在线播放| 两性色午夜视频免费播放| 国产成人精品日本亚洲11| 亚洲人AV永久一区二区三区久久| 久久免费高清视频| 大地影院MV在线观看视频免费| 亚洲一区二区三区播放在线| 四虎影在线永久免费观看| 啦啦啦完整版免费视频在线观看| fc2免费人成为视频| 精品韩国亚洲av无码不卡区| 亚洲情XO亚洲色XO无码| 亚洲日韩中文在线精品第一| 91精品国产免费网站| 男女一边桶一边摸一边脱视频免费| 国产精品亚洲а∨无码播放麻豆| 亚洲精品网站在线观看你懂的| 亚洲毛片αv无线播放一区| 国产亚洲精品无码拍拍拍色欲| 韩国欧洲一级毛片免费| 午夜电影免费观看| 亚洲国产精品成人| 亚洲精品电影在线| 在线亚洲精品视频| 在线观看的免费网站无遮挡| 日韩电影免费在线观看网站| 精品免费AV一区二区三区| 日韩在线观看视频免费| 久久成人18免费网站 | 亚洲午夜久久久精品影院| 亚洲综合免费视频|