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WHO, U.N.-Water Report Examines Access To Safe Drinking Water, Improved Sanitation
"Nearly 780 million people are deprived of safe drinking water -- and 2.5 billion lack access to improved sanitation -- all because governments aren't spending scarce resources wisely, according to a joint report [.pdf] of the World Health Organization and U.N.-Water," VOA News reports. Though "more than two billion people gained access to safe drinking water and 1.8 billion gained access to improved sanitation" between 1990 and 2010, billions of people still lack these basic services, the report noted, according to the news service.
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