Global Health Discussion Board 6

SDG #6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

· In 2015, access to safe water was 68% in urban areas and only 20% in rural areas.

· Around one third of the world’s population did not have access to improved sanitation facilities in 2015.

Water and sanitation related diseases remain among the major causes of death in children under five.

Worldwide, more than 2 million people die every year from diarrheal diseases.

· By 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water.

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6_Why-it-

Matters_Sanitation_2p.pdf