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SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation - A Lifeline for Global Health and Medicine

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The Foundation of SDG 6

Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) represents a fundamental commitment to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all people worldwide. This critical goal recognizes that clean water and proper sanitation are not merely basic human needs but essential foundations for health, dignity, and sustainable development.

OLD International cooperation and capacity-building, stakeholder participation (SDG indicators 6.a.1-6.b.1)

Latest update
2019
Custodian data
World Health Organization (WHO) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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8
national data sources

National line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Water, Sanitation, Environment, Health, Public Services, Planning, Finance)

OLD Water-related ecosystems (SDG indicator 6.6.1)

Latest update
2018
Custodian data
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Ramsar
Slider Order
7
national data sources

Line ministries and institutions (e.g. for Environment, Water, Natural Resources), universities and research institutions, NGOs and citizens’ science initiatives (ground-based surveys), space agencies (Earth observations)

OLD Drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (SDG indicators 6.1.1-6.2.1)

Custodian Agencies
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Latest update
2020
Number of data points
23
Number of indicators
23
Custodian data
World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
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1
national data sources

National Statistical Office for household surveys and censuses, combined with institutional/utility records