Launch of the 2010 GLAAS Report
The Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) is a UN-Water initiative implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of UN-Water GLAAS is to provide policy makers at all levels with a reliable, easily accessible, comprehensive and global analysis of the evidence to make informed decisions in sanitation and drinking-water. With over 2.6 billion people living without access to improved sanitation facilities, and nearly 900 million people not receiving their drinking-water from improved water sources, UN-Water GLAAS highlights where efforts stagnate in achieving the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.C. -to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation. It also highlights the post-2015 challenges that need to be addressed by the United Nations system to collectively support its Member States.
Sanitation and Water for All is a global partnership aimed at achieving universal and sustainable access to sanitation and drinking-water for all, by firmly placing sanitation and water on the global agenda with an immediate focus on achieving the MDGs in the most off-track countries.
Contact information |
Ms. Nada Osseiran, Communications Officer, Public Health and Environment, WHO, Geneva / Ms. Saira Khan, UNICEF Media, New York / Ms. Donna Eberwine-Villagrán, Media Relations, Pan American Health Organization
(email: osseirann@who.int ; sskhan@unicef.org ; eberwind@paho.org) |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.unwater.org/activities_GLAAS2010.html |
Source of information | UN-WATER/ WHO |
Keyword(s) | MDGs |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , FINANCE-ECONOMY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/map/MSSD/doc343246 |
Geographical coverage | International |
News date | 23/04/2010 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |