

@article {650,
	title = {Water for life: making it happen},
	journal = {Water for life: making it happen},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: World Health Organization 92-4-156293-5},
	pages = {ii + 38 pp.},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {This report, divided into two parts, provides an introduction of the International Decade for Action Water for Life proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. Improved water and sanitation will speed the achievement of all eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), helping to: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership for development. The first part discusses the effect of limited supply of drinking water and sanitation on people{\textquoteright}s lives at different stages (childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age), highlighting the gender divide and threat posed by HIV/AIDS. Case studies conducted in various villages in Africa and Asia illustrate how actions by communities, governments, non-governmental organizations and the international community have transformed the lives of millions. Part two addresses a range of interventions that are being advocated and analyses their potential impact on progress towards the MDG drinking water and sanitation target. These interventions include: (i) meeting basic sanitation demand; (ii) significantly increasing access to safe drinking water; (iii) focusing on changing key hygiene behaviours; (iv) promoting household water treatment and safe storage; and (v) ensuring more health for the money. Also given is a list of web pages that provide background reference materials. A list of the main agencies that provide advocacy and technical support in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, is also included. Annexes provide statistical tables showing the increase needed to achieve the MDG drinking water and sanitation target and drinking water and sanitation coverage estimates at regional and global level.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://CABI:20053187321}
}
