Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation

2014 Update

• Author(s): WHO/UNICEF Joint Water Supply and Sanitation Monitoring Programme,
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Pages: 67
• ISBN_10: 9241507241
  ISBN_13: 9789241507240
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Public Health , Nature / Water Supply , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Irrigation , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Water Supply ,

Description:... This 2014 update report of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply and Sanitation, known as the JMP, is split in three sections. The first section presents the status of and trends in access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation. The second section provides a snapshot of inequalities in access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation. The final section presents efforts to strengthen monitoring of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services under a post-2015 development agenda, as well as the challenges associated with these efforts. Annexes at the back of the report provide supplementary information on the JMP method, MDG regional groupings, data, tables and trend figures.