Sanitation and Clean Water
Basically, the real issues are the concerning
figures from international developmental partners like UNICEF and UN in relation
to open defecation in Nigeria. From UNICEF, it is established that no fewer
than 46 million Nigerians are practicing open defecation. This has ranked the
country very high on the list...
Nigeria is a party to the United Nations Declaration of the Right to Water, which entitles everyone living in Nigeria to sufficient, affordable, safe and acceptable water for personal and domestic uses.The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) is the lead agency for WASH activities...
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by Cornelius Okeke
Policy
Makers Should Identify Areas of Emergency Expansion
Areas for emergency expansion of hand-washing facilities such as soap stations and alcohol-based hand-rubs should be identified and be given needed attention. As during the Ebola outbreak, West African countries have swiftly and effectively deployed plastic water containers nicknamed...
A significant amount of disease could be prevented through access to safe water supply, adequate sanitation services and better hygiene practices. Diarrhea disease alone amounts to an estimated 3.6 % of the total daily global burden of disease and is responsible for the deaths of...
Ever wondered how astronauts do the number 1&2, by that i mean pee and poo. The journey to the International Space Station (ISS) takes about TWO (2) days and we also know that there is no gravity in space, so everything floats but we will...
A large and growing proportion of the global population relies on shared facilities despite evidence of potential health risks it poses. Inadequate or unimproved sanitation has been associated with being poorly managed. By shared sanitation facilities, we mean shared toilet facilities.
The proportion of people depending...
Government Insincerity to Waste Management Issues
The saying that our authorities are good in developing policies but naive in implementation can be aptly illustrated in the less than satisfactory result the National Policy on Environment 1989 achieved. Heralded as a well thought out program with the...
A Global Concern
A
recent United Nations Report has posited that while developing countries are
improving in areas of portable water, most especially in Sub Sahara Africa are
still burdened by sanitation and waste management problems. There is no gain
saying that greater percentage of the population, mainly women...
TARGET 6.5: IMPLEMENT INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
UN definition: ‘’By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through trans-boundary cooperation as appropriate’’.
SDG INDICATOR 6.5.1:
INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT
Definition: Indicator 6.5.1 is the
degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0–100).
This
metric assesses the status of national...
Target 6.2: End Open Defecation
and Provide Access to Sanitation And Hygiene
UN definition: ’’By
2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all
and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and
girls and those in vulnerable situations. Safe sanitation and hygiene’’.
Definition:...
