Progress on drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

Six years into the SDG period, the world is not on track to achieve universal access to basic WASH in schools by 2030. Achieving universal coverage requires a 14x increase in current rates of progress on basic drinking water, a 3x increase in progress on basic sanitation, and a 5x increase in progress on basic hygiene services.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and is responsible for global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to WASH.