When we compare the share of deaths attributed to unsafe water either over time or between countries, we are not only comparing the extent of water access, but its severity in the context of other risk factors for death. Death rates from unsafe water sources give us an accurate comparison of differences in its mortality impacts between countries and over time. In contrast to the share of deaths that we studied before, death rates are not influenced by how other causes or risk factors for death are changing.
In this map we see death rates from unsafe water sources across the world. Death rates measure the number of deaths per , people in a given country or region. What becomes clear is the large differences in death rates between countries: rates are high in lower-income countries, particularly across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Rates here are often greater than 50 deaths per , — in the Central African Republic and Chad this was over per , Compare this with death rates across high-income countries: across Europe rates are below 0.
The issue of unsafe sanitation is therefore one which is largely limited to low and lower-middle income countries. We see this relationship clearly when we plot death rates versus income, as shown here. There is a strong negative relationship: death rates decline as countries get richer.
SDG Target 6. Where are we today? One-in-four people do not have access to safe drinking water. In the chart we see the breakdown of drinking water access globally, and across regions and income groups. We see that in countries at the lowest incomes, less than one-third of the population have safe water.
Most live in Sub-Saharan Africa. These diseases are most often found in places with unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, and insufficient hygiene practices. An estimated 41 million people suffer from active trachoma and nearly 10 million people are visually impaired or irreversibly blind as a result of trachoma. The impact of clean water technologies on public health in the U. Water and sanitation interventions are cost effective across all world regions. An estimated 4.
An estimated 3 billion people need access to basic handwashing facilities. Special focus on inequalities external icon. Safer water, better health: costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health.
World Health Organization, Geneva. Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools pdf icon [PDF — 88 Pages] external icon. Liu, L. Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for with time trends since Lancet London, England , , — In the West African country, 20 percent of the population practices open defecation.
Since , the country has progressed from just 38 percent of the population with basic water access to 51 , crossing into the majority. And, more people than ever have access to a toilet. The global water crisis is one of the greatest challenges that the world faces today. But, individuals, organizations, and governments are facing it head on, implementing sustainable solutions, meeting urgent needs daily, and improving life for families all over the world.
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Ethiopia, Africa. Ethiopia Almost 60 percent of the population in Ethiopia lacks basic access to drinking water. Progress In , about a quarter of Ethiopians were drinking from surface water. Progress Since , basic access to safe water has improved, from The Republic of Chad JMP reports that 61 percent of people in Chad are without basic water access and 67 percent of the country is practicing open defecation.
Uganda Half of the population in Uganda cannot gather safe drinking water in under 30 minutes. Women in Uganda carry water home from a contaminated source. Progress While the divide between the rich and the poor has stayed relatively the same, the country has seen humble improvements in basic water access about 7 percent growth between and Mozambique Just under 45 percent of the country of Mozambique is without basic access to water.
Although the country has made rapid progress in improving water supplies, many parts of the country — especially areas heavily populated with ethnic minority groups and remote communities — have been left behind. This lack of access to water, along with poor sanitation and hygiene practices, still contributes to high rates of diarrhea , pneumonia and parasitic infections.
Open defecation is still commonly practiced in rural communities and coupled with the use of sub-standard latrines, more than 9. Low levels of handwashing with soap at key moments are still registered in poor households and for ethnic minority groups, while diarrhea is responsible for 10 per cent of under-5 child mortality.
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