▲ 세계보건기구(WHO) 로고

세계보건기구(WHO)에 따르면 각국 정부와 세계적으로 안전하고 지속 가능한 식수를 위해 빠른 대응이 필요하다. 식수의 안전성은 수백만 명에게 영향을 끼치기 때문에 위생과 보건 부문에서도 노력이 필요하다.

WHO와 유엔워터(UN-Water)의 위생과 식수 부문의 글로벌 분석과 평가(GLAAS) 보고서 또한 2030년까지 각국에서 지속 가능한성장(SDG) 6번째 목표인 보건과 물 부문 달성을 위해 빠른 대응이 필요함을 강조한다.

GLAAS 2022 보고서는 120개국 이상의 WASH(안전한 식수·위생시설·위생) 시스템 통계 보고서다. 코로나19 대유행을 포함해 글로벌 기후 변화와 분쟁 및 갈등에도 WASH의 접근성을 보장해야 함을 강조한다.

2021·2022 통계 수집에는 참여국 121개국과 외부지원기관 23곳이 참여해 역대 가장 큰 규모의 정보 수집이 이뤄졌다. 참고로 한국은 그 어느 곳에도 참여하지 않았다.

GLAAS에 의하면 국가별 식수 목표를 달성하고 있는 국가는 GLAAS 참여국의 45.2%인 반면 국가별 위생 목표를 달성하고 있는 국가는 25%에 불과했다.

GLAAS 참여국의 25% 미만만 WASH 계획 자금이 충분한 것으로 보고됐다. 일부 국가에서 WASH 예산이 증가하기도 했지만 75% 이상의 국가가 WASH 계획 및 전략을 수행하기 위한 자금이 부족한 것이다. 

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14/12/2022

Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene for all

14 December 2022 News release Reading time: 3 min (721 words)

 

 

Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on the health of millions of people.

 

Findings from WHO and UN-Water’s Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report show that acceleration is needed in many countries to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – water and sanitation for all by 2030.

 

While 45% of countries are on track to achieve their nationally-defined drinking-water coverage targets, only 25% of countries are on track to achieve their national sanitation targets. Less than a third of countries reported to have sufficient human resources required to carry out key drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) functions.

 

The GLAAS 2022 report, which details the latest status of WASH systems in more than 120 countries, is the largest data collection from the greatest number of countries to date.

 

While there has been an increase in WASH budgets in some countries, a large number--over 75% of countries reported insufficient funding to implement their WASH plans and strategies.

 

“We are facing an urgent crisis: poor access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene claim millions of lives each year, while the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related extreme weather events continue to hamper the delivery of safe WASH services,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “We call on governments and development partners to strengthen WASH systems and dramatically increase investment to extend access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services to all by 2030, beginning with the most vulnerable.”

 

The GLAAS data show, however, that most WASH policies and plans do not address risks of climate change to WASH services, nor the climate resilience of WASH technologies and management systems. Just over two thirds of countries have measures in WASH policies to reach populations disproportionately affected by climate change. However, only about one third monitor progress or allocate explicit funding to these populations.

 

“The world is seriously off-tr