Sustainable access to sanitation and hygiene has consistently lagged behind access to water in both the Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015) and the Sustainable Development Goals (2015–2030).
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- ReportMarket-Based Sanitation (MBS) is the development of a sanitation market in which the user makes a full or partial monetary contribution (with savings and/or cash equivalents) toward the purchase, construction, upgrade, and/or maintenance of a toil
- ReportMore than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints.
- Water CurrentsLeveraging water data to make decisions greatly improves service delivery, sustains water resources, builds resilience, and ultimately helps us achieve a more water-secure world.
- ReportThis report identifies major global gaps in WASH services: for example, one third of health care facilities do not have what is needed to clean hands where care is provided; one in four facilities have no water services; and 10% have no sanit
- SummaryThe Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) Program reflects the U.S.
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- Global Waters ArticleUSAID’s Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) project focuses on building the capacity of sub
- Annual Report StoryIn Kakamega County, USAID helped the government develop policies to guide the county’s water services priorities. This led the county to double its budget for WASH services and related capital investments.