GEOG 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Millennium Development Goals, Improved Sanitation, Waterborne Diseases

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 3050
• Professor: Kate Parizeau

Document Summary

Improving access to potable water and sanitation in developing countries is an integral part of the un millennium development goals (mdgs). Sought to halve the proportion of the world"s population living in poverty, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat major diseases, increase gender equality, provide universal primary education, form a global partnership for development an improve environmental sustainability. Monitoring programme (jmp) for water supply and sanitation between. Unicef and who: the jmp has claimed that, with a few exceptions, the middle east and. Northern africa (mena) is on track to meet these goals. However, these current assessment techniques are overstate coverage rates, while not adequately capturing the context to which water is unsafe and sanitation inadequate. The failure to provide people with safe drinking water and basic sanitation is estimated to contribute to approximately 3. 5 million deaths/year, and is responsible for 60% of infant mortality.