Water, Environment and SanitationProblemThe combination of safe drinking water and sanitation is a precondition for health and for success in the fight against poverty, hunger, infant death and gender inequality. UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation in schools and communities and to promote safe hygiene practices. All UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene programs are designed to contribute to the Millennium Development Goal for water, sanitation and hygiene: to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation. Key strategies to address water and sanitation challenges are:“X Accelerate access to water and sanitation with particular attention to those currently unmet in both urban and rural areas. Efforts will focus on improving resource management and allocation and ensuring that access to water and sanitation improves health and sustainable livelihoods for the poor. based on operational and maintenance systems.” X Strengthen policies and institutional frameworks needed to improve sanitation, safe water provision and hygiene, and develop government capacity for leadership and accountability. environment in all political and development forums.” development and sector institutions such as the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and private funding foundations such as the Conrad Hilton Foundation.„X Develop clear and measurable indicators for ...... middle of paper ......erfront: a periodic newsletter on water, sanitation, hygiene and the environment. Issue 16 - Autumn 2003Safe water and sanitation as a fundamental human right, treatment of domestic water, rainwater harvesting... and reports from Kyoto, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Guinea and other countries around the world.[PDF]Issue 15 - June 2002School sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria and India, development goals sustainable management, waste management in Colombia, emergency planning, sanitation in Guinea and Thailand and more...[PDF]Issue 14 - April 2000The issue of urban sanitation: problems and actions from poor urban areas of the world.[PDF ]Issue 13 - December 1999The global agenda for children, emergencies, groundwater quality, sanitation and more¡K[PDF]Issue 12 - December 1998The sanitation problem- environmental health: 19 case studies from cities around the world.[PDF]Issue 11 - August 1998Reports on drought, women and water and sanitation education in Zimbabwe, Haiti, Colombia, India and more¡K[PDF ]Issue 10 - October 1997Joint action programs with partner agencies, wells in Madagascar, hygiene promotion in Cape Verde and more ¡K[PDF]Previous issuesAvailable upon request from UNICEF.