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Water and Sanitation: A Case Study for Policy Implication to Reaching Global Development Goals in Developing Nations

Water and Sanitation: A Case Study for Policy Implication to Reaching Global Development Goals in Developing Nations
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Author(s): Abdi D. Osman (La Trobe University, Australia), Priscilla Robinson (La Trobe University, Australia), Vivian Lin (La Trobe University, Australia & World Health Organization for the Western Pacific Region, Philippines), Darryl Jackson (Private Water and Sanitation Consultant, Australia)and Mutuku Mwanthi (University of Nairobi, Kenya)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 19
Source title: Transforming Public Health in Developing Nations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mohamud Sheikh (The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia), Aziza Mahamoud (Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar)and Mowafa Househ (King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, College Of Public Health and Health Informatics, Saudi Arabia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8702-8.ch008

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Abstract

Globally, the provision of clean and safe drinking water to most populations has been an elusive development goal though some of us take the availability of this vital resource for granted. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target 7.C is the target, which addresses sustainability and access to water, among other developmental goals. As the preceding targets appear elusive, Kenya is now refocussing on Vision 2030. It is important to identify reasons for this to avoid a repetition during the next fifteen years. In order to discover the factors hampering these achievements, all possible contributing factors need to be investigated and the focus of this chapter is the Kenya national legislation and policies. Based on the findings, we recommend a reassessment of policies on groundwater management, reconsideration of ideal universal goals and political commitment by state and organisational accountability to identify better strategies for achieving internationally identified standards and goals.

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