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The highest priority for UN-HABITAT’s Water and Sanitation Programme is improving access to safe water and helping provide adequate sanitation to millions of low income urban dwellers and measuring that impact. In 2000, more than 830 million people in Asia Pacific region did not have access to safe drinking water. More than 2 billion lacked sanitation facilities. This problem is even worse in sub-Saharan Africa where in 2000, over 300 million people in Africa did not have access to safe water and over 500 million were without adequate sanitation. Additionally, low-income urban dwellers have to pay high prices for water sometimes up to 50 times the price paid by higher income groups. This problem has been worsened by a high rate of urbanization. Africa has been experiencing the world’s most rapid rate of urbanization at nearly 5 per cent per annum.
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UN-HABITAT and Southeast Asian partners discuss water education in schools
Cha Am, Thailand, 6 December 2005 — UN-HABITAT and its partners held a three-day conference to help senior officials in Southeast Asia gain a better understanding of the agency’s Water for Asian Cities Programme and the idea of bringing the concepts of water conservation, sanitation and hygiene into school classrooms across the region. |
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Major Norwegian boost for UN-HABITAT water and sanitation trust fund
Nairobi, 11 October 2005 – Norway will grant UN-HABITAT’s Water and Sanitation Trust Fund nearly US$ 7 million in 2005 to help alleviate the water and sanitation crisis confronting millions of slum dwellers across Africa and Asia. |
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