Africa Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Nov - Dec Vol. 9 No.6 | Page 4

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Access to Sanitation - The Challenges

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orldwide, about 1.7 million deaths a year – 90 percent are children – are
attributed to unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, mainly through
infectious diarrhea. Access to sanitation, the practice of good hygiene, and unsafe
water supply could save 1.5 million children a year.
In Sub-Saharan Africa there