Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) Report

Why in News?

• The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report was  recently released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN-Water.

Highlights

• Less than one-third of countries reported maintaining enough human resources to manage essential Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) tasks.
• 45% of countries are on track to meet their drinking-water coverage targets, but only 25% are meeting their sanitation targets.
• More acceleration is needed to achieve national targets.
• While WASH budgets in some countries have increased, a significant portion — more than 75% of them — reported having inadequate resources to carry out their WASH plans and objectives.
• Governments must target underserved populations and settings – such as people living in poverty or in remote or hard-to-reach areas – to ensure they also have access to safe, sustainable WASH services.
• Local participation is a way to ensure no one is left behind.
• Strengthening community participation is fundamental to adapt and sustain SDG 6 solutions to local community contexts.
• Governments must target underserved populations and settings – such as people living in poverty or in remote or hard-to-reach areas – to ensure they also have access to safe, sustainable WASH services.
• Local participation is a way to ensure no one is left behind.
• Strengthening community participation is fundamental to adapt and sustain SDG 6 solutions to local community contexts.