2009 Annual Report
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) (2010). 2009 Annual Report. The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).
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Author The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Title 2009 Annual Report Publication Date 2010 Place of Publication Canada Publisher The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Pages 27 Language eng Abstract UNU-INWEH finalized the publication of a policy brief entitled: Sanitation as a Key to Global Health – Voices from the Field. The policy brief – which summarizes the findings of a major international workshop organized by UNU-INWEH – highlights the moral, civil, political and economic need to bring adequate sanitation to the global population. The report makes it very clear that water-related diseases are responsible for a significant proportion of the global burden of illness – for example, adding up to 1.5 million children under the age of 5 dying each year from preventable diseases. Lack of access to clean, safe water and adequate sanitation facilities are to blame. What is new in the findings, however, is the realisation that a focus on drinking water alone does not necessarily result in improved access to sanitation. Additionally, the report points to the need for smart investment into sanitation-provision initiatives: ones that develop the market at the bottom of the pyramid and facilitate local business development and entrepreneurism. It becomes, therefore, not just a question of sanitation provisioning but strengthening the local economy Copyright Holder UNU-INWEH Copyright Year 2010 Copyright type All rights reserved -
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