MDGs HIV and AIDS
WELL Briefing Notes on the Millennium Development Goals
Briefing papers on the significance of clean water and sanitation for the MDGs
Authors:
; WELL
Publisher:
Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough , 2005
A series of WELL Briefing Notes presents evidence for the impact of water supply, sanitation and improved hygiene on the following MDG targets:
- briefing Note 1: to halve the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day by the year 2015
- briefing Note 2: to ensure that all boys and girls complete primary education by the year 2015
- briefing Note 3: to reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five by the year 2015
- briefing Note 4: to promote gender equality and empower women
- briefing Note 5: to halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases by the year 2015
- briefing Note 6: to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers worldwide
- briefing Note 8 explains what the eight MDGs cover and why they matter to local government.
Each Briefing Paper goes walks the reader through various aspects of water supply, sanitation and hygiene that are particularly relevant to each MDG, and provides a set of references.
