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The road is long, but African countries are ramping up their efforts to meet ambitious 2030 sanitation and hygiene targets

Blog • 22 March 2020

The 2019 UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report focusing on 115 countries and territories identified that while most countries have general Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) policies in place, successful implementation is hindered by a myriad of factors. Key among these are lack of adequate human and financial resources and […]

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