Manila, 2 August 2022 (TDI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) declared that for the sake of human health and to support economic growth, everyone must have access to clean water.
Furthermore, a rise in funding is required to increase preparedness for upcoming pandemics, and guarantee that everyone has access to clean water. This will also help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.
Equal access to safe water is essential to protect our health and enable economic development.
More investments are needed to build resilience for future pandemics, meet the SDG targets and ensure access to safe water for all: https://t.co/gHj5q9WQe5 pic.twitter.com/tBgO14kTj7
— Asian Development Bank (@ADB_HQ) August 2, 2022
The financial systems of Asia and the Pacific are focused on strengthening their adaptability to upcoming pandemics as they become more adept.
This adaption aimed to manage the effects of COVID-19 on the communities and economies there.
Furthermore, defending human health and fostering economic development depended upon having access to clean water and sanitary conditions.
This is also for effective waste management. Also, this may enhance community wellbeing and prepare them to control comparable health crises.
However, this requires improving the availability of the issues fore-narrated. The availability of clean water, sanitary conditions, and cleanliness in residences, education institutions, healthcare facilities, and public spaces.
By 2030, the SDG of the United Nations ensured accessibility and long-term sanitation and water management for all. Even though the SDG targets have been significantly advanced globally over the last 20 years.
However, the Asia and Pacific region still has a long way to go before achieving any of the sanitation and safe water objectives.
Statistics show that the disaggregation of 2022 data is done by region and gender, which is very helpful for tracking the SDGs’ progress. This showed that in many sectors of the economy in developing Asia, there is a pronounced rural-urban divide when accessing clean water.
The data also revealed that at least seven financial systems in Asia and the Pacific financial systems had a rural access percentage in 2020. Hence, such information suggested that when lawmakers and development specialists planned Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects, they will be concentrated on rural areas.
