Can Africa Afford to Miss the MDG for sanitation?
The state of sanitation and hygiene in Africa presents “an overall
worrying situation” and the region could miss the sanitation MDG by
hundreds of millions people, according to a recently concluded review
in 32 countries.
A report commissioned by AMCOW and its partners concludes that few
countries in Africa are expected to achieve the global targets unless
approaches to sanitation change. For Africa to meet the target, the
number of persons served must more than double from 350 million in 2006
to 760 million by 2015. That still leaves almost 400 million un-served.
The report, Can Africa Afford to Miss the Sanitation MDG Target? A
review of the sanitation and hygiene status in 32 countries, documents
both the progress and barriers facing countries in their quest to
achieve their sanitation MDG. It identifies common challenges and
issues across countries and discusses some possible solutions and
options based on the innovations which are already taking place within
the continent and elsewhere in the world.
The lessons learned are important for replication and to help achieve
scale and impact; these last two being crucial for MDG achievement in
Africa. This report is a valuable resource for anyone working in the
sanitation sector. It provides up-to-date comparative data for the
region as well as information on strategic areas such as national
policies and institutional frameworks for sanitation within each
country; financing and resources; capacity and monitoring and
evaluation. The report also raises awareness of the state of sanitation
within countries, and at regional and global levels. Armed with this
document the evidence is irrefutable: the Africa region requires a
mighty effort from all stakeholders to achieve the MDG on sanitation.
Contact information |
Ousseynou Diop
(email: wspaf@worldbank.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.wsp.org/index.cfm?page=page_disp&pid=17130 |
Source of information | WSP |
Keyword(s) | MDGs, UNEP-MAP |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
Relation | http://www.semide.net/topics/sanitation |
Geographical coverage | Africa |
News date | 10/07/2008 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |