SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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- Dirty drinking water and poor sanitation lead to diarrhoea, especially in children
- A government can improve health if they provide people with drinking water that is clean, access to toilets and places to wash hands
- There are human rights related to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, for example:
- Right to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Right to health
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