WEBWIRE – Thursday, July 17, 2008 More people using drinking-water from safe sources NEW YORK/GENEVA, July 2008 - Every day, over 2.5 billion people suffer from a lack of access to improved sanitation and nearly 1.2 billion practice open defecation, the riskiest sanitary practice of all, according to a report issued today by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Drinking-water Supply and Sanitation (JMP). The JMP report, titled "Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation - Special Focus on Sanitation" comes halfway through the International Year of Sanitation. The report assesses -- for the first time ever -- global, regional and country progress using an innovative "ladder" concept. This shows sanitation practices in greater detail, enabling experts to highlight trends in using improved, shared and unimproved...
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