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MDGs and sanitation: in the WHO European Region Susanne Herbst

MDGs and sanitation: in the WHO European Region Susanne Herbst Institute for Hygiene & Public Health WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication. Directly health-related MDGs. Reduce child mortality. Improve maternal health.

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MDGs and sanitation: in the WHO European Region Susanne Herbst

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  1. MDGs and sanitation: in the WHO European Region Susanne Herbst Institute for Hygiene & Public Health WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  2. Directly health-related MDGs Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Target 10: halve the proportion of people without access to improved water supply and sanitation until 2015 Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  3. JMP definitions on sanitation • Improved sanitation • Flush/pour flush to: • piped sewer system • septic tank • pit latrine • Ventilated improved pit latrine • Pit latrine with slab • Composting toilet • Unimproved sanitation • Flush/Pour flush to elsewhere • Pit latrine without slab/open pit • Bucket • Hanging toilet/hanging latrine • No facilities, bush or field Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  4. Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  5. Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  6. JMP definitions on water supply • Improved water supply • Piped into dwelling, plot or yard • Public tap/standpipe • Tube well/borehole • Protected dug well • Protected spring • Rainwater collection • Unimproved water supply • Unprotected dug well • Unprotected spring • Cart with small tank/drum • Tanker truck • Surface water (river, dam, lake, pond, stream, canal, irrigation canal) • Bottled water Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  7. Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  8. Global burden of disease Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  9. Situation in the WHO European region • 877 million people • 85 million (10%) do not have access to improved sanitation • almost 140 million (16%) do not have a household connection to a drinking-water supply • over 41 million (5%) do not have access to a safe drinking-water supply Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  10. Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  11. Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  12. Disease burden in the WHO European region • 13,500 deaths per year of children under 14 years of age due to poor water • Over 11,000 deaths occur in the EUR-B* sub-region *EUR-B sub-region: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  13. The three E΄s of IWRM • Economic efficiency in water use • Equity • Environmental and ecological sustainability Source: http://new.unep.org/themes/Freshwater/Documents/pdf/IWRMtargetBrochure.pdf Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  14. WHO Water Safety Plan • WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality 3rd edition are the basis of the development of Water Safety Plans • Risk management and risk assessment approach • Risk: Impact of a hazard and the likelihood of a hazard to occur Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

  15. Message to take home Health Water Supply Sanitation Institute for Hygiene & Public Health, University of Bonn, Germany WHO CC for Health Promoting Water Management and Risk Communication

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