STOCKHOLM, Aug 18 (IPS) – The world’s poorest nations are making halting progress in water, but little or no tangible improvement in sanitation — two of the basic necessities of life.
As far as the global state of sanitation is concerned, says Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), “It’s one of the world’s greatest scandals.”
Addressing the 18th international water conference in the Swedish capital Monday, Berntell said that 2.5 billion people still lack access to adequate sanitation, resulting in some 1.4 million preventable child deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases each year. (…)
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