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conference contribution
posted on 12.02.2018, 15:08 authored by Madeleen Wegelin-Schuringa, Evelien Kamminga, Sascha de GraafFor the Water and Sanitation sector, the epidemic
jeopardizes the Millennium Development Goal to halve
the proportion of people, who are unable to reach or
afford safe drinking water, and the goal set in the World
Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in
2002 to halve the number of people without access to
improved sanitation. In many affected countries, there is
or will be a negative impact on the quantity and quality
of services provided by the sector. Not only will the
budget be reduced because of a decreased tax base and
reduced government budget, but sector staff performance
will also decline as a result of diminishing productivity
and capacity. At the same time community capacity to
operate and maintain the systems is reduced.
So far, the response of the water and sanitation sector to
the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been limited. The aim of this
article is to explain the links between the sector and
prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS and to discuss the
implications of HIV/AIDS on sector performance.
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