SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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- Dirty drinking water and poor sanitation lead to diarrhoea, especially in children
- A government can improve health if they provide people with drinking water that is clean, access to toilets and places to wash hands
- There are human rights related to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, for example:
- Right to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Right to health
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All →Report of the 11th Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 10–12 June 2025
Accelerating progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Framework to implement a life course approach in practice
Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All: Report
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All →Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3-GAP): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response update
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Report
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