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25 Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water : 2015 update and MDG assessment.
Health Risk Environment
Environmental Health and Sanitation
Description
Section A provides an overview of progress against the parameters specified in the MDG target for water and sanitation, in both urban and rural areas. It presents data for the world as a whole, and compares progress across regions. The report goes on to examine trends over the MDG period by region and by level of service. It pays particular attention to the numbers of people who have gained the highest level of service in drinking water supply - piped water on premises - and those with no service at all, who use��water for drinking and practise open defecation.