UN calls for efforts to meet water and sanitation targets


Against a back drop of almost two billion people around the world relying on sources of drinking water contaminated with faeces, the United Nations has called on countries to radically to increase investment in water and sanitation infrastructure not only to protect their population from deadly diseases but also to ensure they are able to achieve Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).


Contaminated drinking water now days is estimated to cause more than five hundred thousand diarrhea death each year and is a major factor in neglected tropical diseases including intestinal worms and trachoma said Maria Neira, a director of department of Public Health ,Environmental and Social Determinants of Health at the UN World Health Organization.

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