Press release: Sanitation and water must no longer play second fiddle to other priorities
Countries with the greatest unmet sanitation and water needs most often receive little or no aid
20 April 2010
| Press briefing transcript
Overview
Between 1997 and 2008, aid commitments for sanitation and water fell from 8% of total development aid to 5%, lower than commitments for health, education, transport, energy and agriculture, according to the latest UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report, launched today by UN-Water and the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO Team
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-water
Editors
World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, UNICEF
Number of pages
2