Two billion people drinking contaminated water: WHO

Two billion people drinking contaminated water: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) on 13 April 2017 published a report, Global Analysis and Assessment(आकलन) of Sanitation (स्वच्छता) and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2017, that states that nearly two billion people currently use contaminated water. The revelation(रहस्योद्घाटन) was by made in the new report published by WHO on behalf of UN-Water.

• The report states that countries will not meet global aspirations (आकांक्षाएं) of universal access to safe drinking-water and sanitation unless steps are taken to use financial resources more efficiently.

• Contaminated (दूषित) drinking-water is estimated to cause more than 500000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.

• Contaminated water is also a major factor in several neglected tropical diseases, including intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

• As per the report, countries have increased their budgets for water, sanitation and hygiene at an annual average rate of 4.9 per cent over the last three years.

• However, 80 per cent of countries report that Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) financing is still insufficient to meet nationally-defined targets for WASH services.

• In many developing countries, current national coverage targets are based on achieving access to basic infrastructure.

• Planned investments have yet to take into account the much more ambitious Sustainable Development Goals targets, which aim for universal access to safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030.

• Water and sanitation official development assistance disbursements increased from USD 6.3 to USD 7.4 billion from 2012 to 2015.

Definitions of contaminate दूषित

verb

make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

synonyms: pollute, adulterate, defile, debase, corrupt, taint, infect, foul, spoil, soil, stain, sully, poison, befoul