Maybe its high time government needs to start investing in NGOs' involved in this sector
Several international development agencies assert that attention to WASH can also improve health, life expectancy, student learning, gender equality , and other important issues of international development. Access to WASH includes safe water , adequate
sanitation and hygiene education. This can reduce illness and death, and also reduce poverty and improve socio-economic development.
Lack of sanitation contributes to about 700,000 child deaths every year due to diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea can have long-term negative effects on children, in terms of both physical and cognitive development. In addition, lack of WASH facilities can prevent students from attending school, impose an unusual burden on women and reduce work productivity.
In 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that "1 in 3 people, or 2.4 billion, are still without sanitation facilities"while 663 million people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR GOVERNMENT TO INVEST
1. It increases productivity level of all civil servant and the nation at large
2. Reduces health issues in the country which in-turns bring stability to the country economy
3. Create employment opportunity for people and encourages SMEs'
compiled and composed by
ADEBOWALE ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL
[b]Maybe its high time government needs to start investing in NGOs' involved in this sector
Several international development agencies assert that attention to WASH can also improve health, life expectancy, student learning, gender equality , and other important issues of international development. Access to WASH includes safe water , adequate
sanitation and hygiene education. This can reduce illness and death, and also reduce poverty and improve socio-economic development.
Lack of sanitation contributes to about 700,000 child deaths every year due to diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea can have long-term negative effects on children, in terms of both physical and cognitive development. In addition, lack of WASH facilities can prevent students from attending school, impose an unusual burden on women and reduce work productivity.
In 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that "1 in 3 people, or 2.4 billion, are still without sanitation facilities"while 663 million people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR GOVERNMENT TO INVEST
1. It increases productivity level of all civil servant and the nation at large
2. Reduces health issues in the country which in-turns bring stability to the country economy
3. Create employment opportunity for people and encourages SMEs'
compiled and composed by
ADEBOWALE ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL
[/b]Maybe its high time government needs to start investing in NGOs' involved in this sector
Several international development agencies assert that attention to WASH can also improve health, life expectancy, student learning, gender equality , and other important issues of international development. Access to WASH includes safe water , adequate
sanitation and hygiene education. This can reduce illness and death, and also reduce poverty and improve socio-economic development.
Lack of sanitation contributes to about 700,000 child deaths every year due to diarrhea. Chronic diarrhea can have long-term negative effects on children, in terms of both physical and cognitive development. In addition, lack of WASH facilities can prevent students from attending school, impose an unusual burden on women and reduce work productivity.
In 2015 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that "1 in 3 people, or 2.4 billion, are still without sanitation facilities"while 663 million people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR GOVERNMENT TO INVEST
1. It increases productivity level of all civil servant and the nation at large
2. Reduces health issues in the country which in-turns bring stability to the country economy
3. Create employment opportunity for people and encourages SMEs'
compiled and composed by
ADEBOWALE ADEDAMOLA MICHEAL