Furthermore, he says, the MDGs on basic sanitation are unlikely to be met before 2025.
When making loans to developing countries, the various aid institutions stress good agricultural practices, along with basic sanitation, infrastructure and communications.
But he has not forgotten his roots -- or the fact that many refugees in Africa continue to lack access to basic sanitation.
One of the development goals set by the United Nations at the millennium was to halve the proportion of people without basic sanitation and a decent source of fresh water by 2015.
But more worrying still, is the consistent failure to achieve the other half of the same MDG goal -- that of halving the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation.
One of the most frequently forgotten dimensions of the water crisis is the fact that 900 million people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people do not have basic sanitation.
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Improving water resource management, increasing access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and promoting hygiene can improve the quality of life of billions of individuals, as well as reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and cut the incidence of waterborne diseases.
Habitat, 62% of the urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa lives in slums, which it describes as being typically characterized by deplorable living conditions, a feeling of insecurity and inadequate infrastructure for basic energy, sanitation and water services.
The rules also mandate that ships be capable of maintaining basic services such as sanitation, water, food and lights in such circumstances.
In the developing world most people would be delighted to live in a city that was prosperous and well governed, if that meant jobs were available, officials were honest, the streets were safe, housing was affordable and transport, sanitation and basic utilities operated to minimum standards.
But all Obama cares about is bringing the Olympics to a city where basic services like water, sanitation and power often don't work.
Convenient sanitation is a basic human need and it seemed logical that someone would develop a viable business model to serve this enormous market.
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We need clean water not only to sustain ourselves, but also for other basic necessities such as farming and sanitation.
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The top four were basic health care, better water and sanitation, more schools and better nutrition for children.
We need to achieve our targets on clean water and sanitation, and provide education and basic sanitary information to all.
The UN is widely seen as a positive force in Iraq which helps the people by restoring basic services such as power, water, sanitation, by equipping hospitals and schools and representing their views to the American led coalition.
Many live in the most basic of shacks - without water, electricity or sanitation.
Conditions for the refugees now in Kutum are poor, with the majority of those displaced from the camp living in open areas without basic services, such as clean water, food, sanitation facilities and health care, UNAMID said Friday.
This money will be spent to restore the capacity of basic public services such as water supply, electricity importation, water sanitation, heating plants and road repair.
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