Global Goal 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
What is the Goal?
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a human right, yet billions are still faced with daily challenges accessing even the most basic of services.
Unsafe sanitation spreads diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, and dysentery, which are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year.
Why does it matter?
Water and sanitation related diseases remain among the major causes of death in children under five; more than 800 children die every day from diarrhoeal diseases linked to poor hygiene. Proper water and sanitation is a key foundation for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including good health and gender equality.
