The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011), para. 10

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Deeply concerned that approximately 884 million people lack access to improved water sources and that more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation as defined by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund in their 2010 Joint Monitoring Programme report, and alarmed that, every year, approximately 1.5 million children under five years of age die and 443 million school days are lost as a result of water- and sanitation-related diseases,
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
  • Children
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10