The report recommends for water and
sanitation services among the vulnerable populations, including those living with disabilities to be improved.
The KMA has, thus, cleared one hurdle in its commitment to provide proper
sanitation for residents of the city.
With regard to hygiene and
sanitation, a grant of nearly $2 million will ensure that schools and communities in eight targeted rural areas of Jubek State will benefit from 40 blocks of public/institutional latrines, which have yet to be built, as well as hygiene education, AfDB said.
Aziz has given a presentation on the existing systems of planning, financial and administrative procedure, existing mechanism and master plan for water and
sanitation at water and
sanitation companies.
In the first phase,
sanitation staff from Zone-D is being screened.
'Now they got awareness education about using of
sanitation," Sumonta said.
'All the Sanitary Inspectors popularly known as
Sanitation Vanguards were engaged by the state government under the leadership of Gov.
However, to provide 'safely managed' water and
sanitation to the underserved, at least Rs393 billion per annum 1.4pc of GDP is needed until 2030.
3 billion people lack basic
sanitation, with almost half of them forced to defecate in the open.
Poor
sanitation is also a major factor in transmission of neglected tropical diseases such as intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma, as well as contributing to malnutrition.
Launching the first global guidelines on
sanitation and health, WHO said the world will not reach the goal of universal
sanitation coverage -- where every person in the world has access to toilets that safely contain excreta -- by 2030 unless countries make comprehensive policy shifts and invest more funds.