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New UN-Water pilot report on sanitation and drinking water
The Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and
Drinking-Water (GLAAS) is a UN-Water pilot initiative led by the World
Health Organization (WHO). UN-Water GLAAS constitutes a new approach to
reporting on progress in the sanitation and drinking-water sectors that aims to
strengthen evidence-based policy-making towards and beyond the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
UN-Water GLAAS complements other UN-Water
reports, such as the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and
Sanitation or the World Water Development Report, by concentrating on the
factors affecting the capacity of countries and external support agencies to
progress towards the sanitation and drinking-water MDG
target.
The purpose of the GLAAS pilot report is to present the
concept of a possible global, periodic, comprehensive reporting mechanism to
inform policy-making in the sanitation and drinking-water sectors. The
GLAAS pilot report does not draw conclusions on the sector status, but it is
meant to stimulate discussion on how to improve reporting on the sanitation and
drinking-water sectors.
To download the report or for further information, please visit www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/glaas or www.unwater.org.
| Contact information |
Johan Kuylenstierna, Adjunct Professor, Chief Technical Advisor, UN Water, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Land and Water Division, NRLW B-716: Viale delle Termi Caracalla 1, 00153 Rome, Italy
(email: johan.kuylenstierna@fao.org) Phone: +39 06 570 53280 ; Fax: +39 06 570 56275 ; Mobile: +39 340 392 0648 |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.who.int/entity/water_sanitation_health/glaas_2008_pilot_report.pdf |
| Source of information | WHO - The Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) |
| Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
| Geographical coverage | International |
| News date | 25/09/2008 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
