A discussion paper released by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Water Forum (GWF) discusses the importance of reliable information to addressing sanitation challenges, but notes limitations in data reliability due to unplanned and informal settlements.
The paper titled “(Un)reliability in Sanitation Monitoring: Analysis of East African Urban Data” examines data for five East African countries, namely Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
18 December 2012: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Water Forum (GWF) has released a discussion paper titled “(Un)reliability in Sanitation Monitoring: Analysis of East African Urban Data.”
The paper is authored by Gábor Szántó, Szancore, the Netherlands; Sammy Letema, Kenyatta University, Kenya; and Jules van Lier, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. It emphasizes the importance of reliable information for addressing sanitation challenges, but notes limitations in data reliability due to unplanned and informal settlements. The paper argues that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are not always accurate, and calls for using socioeconomic and technical data to supplement sanitation data in order to establish data reliability.
The paper focuses on assessment of the WHO/UNICEF annual update reports “Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water” examining data for five East African countries, namely Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. [Publication: (Un)reliability in Sanitation Monitoring: Analysis of East African Urban Data]