Although the impact of poor sanitation and hygiene is often measured by the effects on children, most sanitation and hygiene interventions target adults. In order to reach the proposed sustainable development goals of universal coverage or end open defecation by 2030, we must ensure children’s feces are safely disposed of.
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The World Bank’s Urban Sanitation Review and other studies of the sanitation sector in East Asia and the Pacific Region have identified a significant number of policy and technical issues that need to be addressed in future sewerage and sanitation initiatives.
