Is Benin on track to reach universal household coverage of basic water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With the end of the Millennium Agenda, the United Nations Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Agenda in 2015. This new agenda identifies 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets for 2030, including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).

Objective

To study the evolution of household access to WASH services over the last two decades in Benin and make projections for 2030.

Methods

In this study, secondary analyses were performed using the datasets of the Demographic and Health Surveys in Benin from 2001 to 2017-2018. The statistical unit was the household. The achievement of the WASH SDGs targets was monitored through the proportion of households using individual basic WASH services, the proportion of households using surface wate

SUBMITTER: Gaffan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212078 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature