The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) of UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have just released a new report: 25 Year Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water – 2015 Update report and MDG Assessment
We have pulled together a 2-side briefing note that pulls out some of the headline figures and conclusion on rural water supply. Please download it from:
http://www.rural-water-supply.net/_ressources/documents/default/1-674-2-1435935827.pdf (0.9 MB)
The new figures from JMP show that most countries have achieved substantial progress towards achieving universal access to water for their citizens.
84% of people living in rural areas now have access to a safe water source in 2015 (up from 62% in 1990)
- “The number of people without access in rural areas has decreased by over half a billion” (1990-2015)
- 17 Countries achieved 100% improved access (1990 – 2015) in rural areas
- Global rural-urban disparities have decreased but large gaps remain – 8 out of ten people without access to an improved water source live in rural areas
- Good progress in most regions but Oceania lags behind and Sub-Saharan Africa has little piped-on-premises improvement
Find out more by downloading the briefing note – and guess which country made the biggest percentage gain in improved access for its rural population? I almost guarantee it won’t what you expected!
http://www.rural-water-supply.net/_ressources/documents/default/1-674-2-1435935827.pdf
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