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Evaluate regional estimates of sanitation and hygiene progress in African households, emphasizing gaps, challenges, and the need for accelerated efforts to achieve SDG targets.
The research emphasizes the current status and challenges in achieving universal access to safely managed sanitation and basic hygiene services in Africa. It contextualizes the progress within the framework of SDG targets and highlights disparities between urban and rural areas, as well as within different income groups.
Sanitation and hygiene coverage as percentage of population. Urban, rural, and regional breakdown. Global comparison. Open defecation stats. Economic (rich/poor) comparison. Household study summaries. Access to sanitation summaries. Data is included in figures and primarily in tables at end of document (PDF).
The research employs a combination of data sources, primarily the WHO/UNICEF JMP and GLAAS.