Not exact matches
Their incomes are so low that they lack access to the most basic goods and services:
adequate nutrition,
safe drinking water and sanitation, and life - saving health interventions.
Sustainable management of water resources (including provision of
safe and reliable supplies for
drinking water and irrigation,
adequate sanitation, protection of aquatic ecosystems, and flood protection) poses enormous challenges in many parts of the world.
Water is scarce during the dry season, and at least 50 % of the population lack
adequate access to
safe drinking water.
Yet already 1.1 billion people lack access to
safe drinking water, 2.6 billion people lack
adequate sanitation, and 1.8 million people die every year from waterborne diarrhoeal diseases.