Barely one third of the population of South Asia uses improved sanitation facilities.

Increased use of safe water and sanitation facilities and improved hygiene practices contribute significantly to public health programmes in general.

Programmes that combine improved sanitation and hand washing facilities in schools with hygiene education can improve the health of children for life.

Nonetheless, 2.6 billion people over half of the developing world's population do not have improved sanitation facilities, and 1.1 billion are still using water from unimproved sources.

Wider though still limited access to improved sanitation services.

Rural sanitation could also be improved through strengthening health extension services.

Water and sanitation facilities and services for refugees Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 1,642,109 for expenses incurred in expanding and improving water and sanitation facilities and services at existing refugee camps and in constructing water and sanitation facilities and providing related services at new camps.

UNICEF interventions focus on expanding programmes that promote improved hygiene and sanitation, while maintaining support for improved water supply services.

It has been used primarily in medical sanitation and sterile work facilities.

Improved and sustained hygiene (particularly hand washing), water safety and environmental sanitation practices.

The strategic aim is to expand the promotion of improved hygiene and sanitation, while maintaining support for improved water supply services.

In 2008, only 17 of the population had access to adequate sanitation facilities.

A holistic approach to sanitation could include measures for changing attitude and behaviour as a complement to investments in sanitation facilities and infrastructure.

UNICEF and its partners have also constructed and rehabilitated sanitation facilities for 550,000 people.

More funds for equipment, improved facilities, and training would also help.

At the internally displaced person transit sites, water and sanitation facilities are in short supply.

Since 1990, over 1 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water and sanitation services.

Microcredit schemes could play an important role in providing finance to households for investment in sanitation facilities.

Service delivery in basic health and water and sanitation has improved, along with efforts to strengthen breastfeeding practices.

Improving water and sanitation facilities in schools could help in reducing the current gender gap in school enrolment.

The representative of Bangladesh praised the evaluation of his country's rural hygiene, sanitation and water supply project, describing the steady focus of UNICEF on fresh water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

The majority of the population has access to safe water and sanitation facilities in both rural and urban areas.

It shall implement food hygiene policies and look after and inspect the country's sanitation facilities and drinking water supply

Community based organizations and non governmental organizations could act as catalysts for improved hygiene and sanitation in rural communities, and Governments could assist in training local suppliers of sanitation fixtures and services.

Improved sanitation should be of high priority, employing small scale solutions in urban areas and the exchange of best practices.

I was lucky enough to be brought up in a middle class family with good sanitation facilities and clean water.

There are several factors that affect health, such as environmental quality, malnutrition, poverty, poor human settlements and inadequate sanitation facilities.

Thanks to the investment of the State and support of international organizations, education facilities were improved substantially.

Greater choice and use of safe and reliable water supplies and clean and private sanitation facilities (in households, communities and schools).

One policy option for this purpose would be to set specific targets for the provision of gender segregated school sanitation facilities.

The biggest shortages of improved water sources and sanitation services are in the rural areas of Escuintla, Retalhuleu, Petén and Alta Verapaz.

It has provided limited funding for physical improvements in sanitation facilities in 10 to 20 schools per country, but it has helped catalyse resource mobilization for water and sanitation improvements in more than 11,000 schools.

The United States of America has donated 600,000 to support the refurbishment of correctional institutions, including sanitation facilities and basic security equipment.

ILO called for a rapid lifting of closures, better access to the Israeli labour market and improved trade facilities.

Sanitation facilities provided included improving water wells and drainage, providing chlorine and disinfectants, constructing latrines and sanitary baths, collecting garbage and spraying insecticide.

Despite sanitation being a problem, use of improved water sources is also on the rise 81 in cities compared to 11 in rural areas.

14.3 Over the past decade water and sanitation, two crucial development issues that have direct implications for community and child health have been improved.

Improved communication facilities and access to media were regarded as important tools to ensure the effectiveness of the Decade programme.

A particularly effective demonstration effect has been the provision of sanitation facilities in schools to complement health and hygiene education in the school curriculum.

The international community continues to play a pivotal role in the provision of basic services, such as facilities for education, health, water and sanitation.

Providing separate sanitation facilities for girls and female teachers in schools has been used effectively to encourage girls' school attendance, especially in the adolescent years.

Even as temperatures have risen, heat related deaths have decreased, owing to improved health care, access to medical facilities, and air conditioning.

Girls may miss schooling, either because of water hauling and other household chores, or because of the lack of suitable sanitation facilities at school, or both.

Emergency infrastructure programmes implemented by UNDP covered a wide range of public services and municipal utilities, schools, hospitals, clinics, roads, sanitation systems and water treatment facilities.

She highlighted water and sanitation as a strategy to support work in both child survival and girls' education, the focus being on creating separate sanitation facilities for girls and promoting hygiene education that can help spread behavioural change from schools to the homes.