The document summarizes issues around water, sanitation, and hygiene coverage and quality in Latin America. It notes that over 1 million people in Mexico State lack access to potable water, and half of children in Argentina are at risk of lack of clean water. Coverage of sanitation and water services is low in the Andean Amazonian region, with 61% lacking water access and 70% lacking sanitation access. The document also discusses efforts by WSP to scale up sanitation and hygiene programs and create local sanitation markets in countries like Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Bolivia.
1. WSP LAC Glenn Pearce-Oroz Regional Team Leader WSP-LAC Vienna, June 2009
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3. Results FY09: Scaling up Sanitation & Hygiene WSP sanitation assessment as groundwork for World Bank re-engagement in the sector (Nicaragua). Behavior Change Program at national scale: 23 of 24 regions (Peru). Expansion to Central America, Colombia and Bolivia. Creating local sanitation markets: focus on local demand and suppliers. Replication in Nicaragua. Donor harmonization and inter-sectoral Coordination : LatinoSan 2007, 2010; PeruSan 2008; and support Sanitation Road Maps in Central America (8 countries). Charts HW Practice
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5. Service expansion in peri-urban and rural areas Global Urbanization Trend Public-private social partnerships Low-cost technologies From LAC to the World Learning Countries Risk Management 17 out of 50 most vulnerable countries are in LAC Global Local Regional Knowledge Sharing
12. Climate Change and Disasters Source: Center for Hazards & Risk Research. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots – A Global Risk Analysis < Return
13. Hand Washing Rate Source: THE HANDWASHING HANDBOOK. World Bank http://esa.un.org/iys/docs/san_lib_docs/Handwashing_Handbook.pdf < Return
14. 70 4.761.271 61 4.163.238 6.786.775 % Without access to Sanitation % Without access to Water Total of inhabitants Source: Nippon Koei, Study on Water and Sanitation Services in the Andean Amazonian Region (2006) Coverage Andean Amazonian Region < Return
Supporting Graphics Peru: Child Mortality by Regions HW Practice
Innovative methodology for four Regional Sanitation Investment Plans in Peru to improve resource allocation for integrated sanitation services at a decentralized level. Contributed to national peri-urban WSS strategy in Bolivia with solid updated technical, social, environmental, and financial data of the situation in 43 cities.
From the 6.8 million people leaving in the Andean Amazonian Region, 61% does not have access to water and 70% does not have any sanitation facility.