Background Access to safe drinking-water is a fundamental requirement for good health and
is also a human right. Global access to safe drinking-water is monitored by WHO and …

Background Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are frequently
implemented to reduce infectious diseases, and may be linked to improved nutrition …

Objective Progress towards equitable and sufficient water has primarily been measured by
population-level data on water availability. However, higher-resolution measures of water …

Despite the central importance of water for human wellbeing and development, researchers
and practitioners have few tools to quantitatively measure, assess, and compare the scope …

This article draws on scholarship in Southern theory to 'world'the study of water's
urbanization. This means complicating scholarship by widening the focus beyond the …

Communities in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries, face obstacles
in supplying continuous water to household consumers. Authorities often cite water scarcity …

Background Access to safe drinking water is essential for health. Monitoring access to
drinking water focuses on water supply type at the source, but there is limited evidence on …

Population growth in West Africa has outpaced local efforts to expand potable water
services, and private sector sale of packaged drinking water has filled an important gap in …

Despite recent reports suggesting that access to improved sources of drinking water is rising
in Ghana, water access remains a daily concern for many of those living in the capital …

Background Safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, yet more than 785 million
people do not have access to it. The burden of water management disproportionately falls …