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Photo credit: Gates Foundation SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS 19 November 2013 SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS The world is not on track to meet MDG sanitation target At the current rate, the target will not be met until 2049 Half the population in developing regions is still without adequate sanitation Lack of sanitation puts the other MDGs in jeopardy Photo credit: runran • • • • SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS POOR SANITATION HAS ECONOMIC COSTS Photo credit: Gates Foundation • Investments in sanitation yield an average return of $9 for every $1 invested through: • Reduced health costs • Improved human productivity • Higher education levels • Reduced environmental degradation • Poverty reduction • Poor sanitation costs India 6.4% of its GDP SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS POOR SANITATION HAS ECONOMIC COSTS Photo credit: Heather Arney /Water.org • In developing countries, half of hospital beds are filled with people suffering from diseases associated with poor water, sanitation and hygiene • Achieving the MDG target would add 200 million school days per year • Countries can build resilience by reducing their infectious disease burden SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS SANITATION SUSTAINS CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS 1.1 billion people still defecate in the open In the developing world, roughly 90% of sewage is discharged untreated into rivers, lakes and coastal areas Photo credit: Chrissy Olson • • SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS SANITATION SUSTAINS CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS Photo credit: WeSustainLife.org Photo credit: Christy Gillmore • Poor water quality threatens fishing industries • Lack of availability of clean water can hamper industrial development SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS SANITATION SUSTAINS TOURISM Photo credit: WeSustainLife.org Photo credit: Paolo Margari • Dead zones have now grown to cover 245,000 km of the marine environment • Poor sanitation practices that pollute environments deter tourists • Ecotourism can decrease due to environmental degradation SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS SANITATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT Photo credit: WeSustainLife.org Photo credit: Water.org • The most disadvantaged in society are worst affected by inadequate sanitation • In July 2010, the UN General Assembly declared safe and clean drinking water and sanitation to be a human right www.sanitationdrive2015.org Leanne Burney, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation Email: [email protected] Therese Dooley, UNICEF Email: [email protected] Amanda Marlin, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council Email: [email protected] Corinne Schuster-Wallace, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Email: [email protected] SANITATION FOR POLICYMAKERS Become a global leader – make sanitation a priority!
