Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries

Even as progress has been made in extending access to safe water and sanitation under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), substantial disparities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services persist in high-income countries around the world. These gaps in service occur disproportionately...

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Autores principales: Kaitlin J. Mattos, Riley Mulhern, Colleen C. Naughton, Carmen Anthonj, Joe Brown, Clarissa Brocklehurst, Cecelia Brooks, April Desclos, Nataly E. Escobedo Garcia, Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Karl G. Linden, Christopher A. Lindsay, Jennifer Newby, Ryan Sinclair, Alan Smith
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:839b2330577b41ef8010b2915180da962021-11-05T19:40:34ZReaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries2043-90832408-936210.2166/washdev.2021.057https://doaj.org/article/839b2330577b41ef8010b2915180da962021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://washdev.iwaponline.com/content/11/5/849https://doaj.org/toc/2043-9083https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9362Even as progress has been made in extending access to safe water and sanitation under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), substantial disparities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services persist in high-income countries around the world. These gaps in service occur disproportionately among historically marginalized, rural, informal, and Indigenous communities. This paper synthesizes results from a side session convened at the 2020 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Water and Health conference focused on knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieve SDG 6 among marginalized communities in high-income countries. We provide approaches and next steps to advance sustainable WASH services in communities that have often been overlooked. HIGHLIGHTS HICs face similar challenges to LMICs in access to WASH, including reaching rural communities, building capacity, maintaining infrastructure, and improving water quality.; Historically marginalized communities are heavily impacted and massive socio-political change is needed to eliminate inequities.; HICs must improve access to services by filling data gaps, changing policies, and removing unjust social structures.;Kaitlin J. MattosRiley MulhernColleen C. NaughtonCarmen AnthonjJoe BrownClarissa BrocklehurstCecelia BrooksApril DesclosNataly E. Escobedo GarciaJacqueline MacDonald GibsonKarl G. LindenChristopher A. LindsayJennifer NewbyRyan SinclairAlan SmithIWA Publishingarticlehigh-income countrieshygienesanitationwaterEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066ENJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 849-858 (2021)
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topic high-income countries
hygiene
sanitation
water
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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hygiene
sanitation
water
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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Kaitlin J. Mattos
Riley Mulhern
Colleen C. Naughton
Carmen Anthonj
Joe Brown
Clarissa Brocklehurst
Cecelia Brooks
April Desclos
Nataly E. Escobedo Garcia
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Karl G. Linden
Christopher A. Lindsay
Jennifer Newby
Ryan Sinclair
Alan Smith
Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
description Even as progress has been made in extending access to safe water and sanitation under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), substantial disparities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services persist in high-income countries around the world. These gaps in service occur disproportionately among historically marginalized, rural, informal, and Indigenous communities. This paper synthesizes results from a side session convened at the 2020 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Water and Health conference focused on knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieve SDG 6 among marginalized communities in high-income countries. We provide approaches and next steps to advance sustainable WASH services in communities that have often been overlooked. HIGHLIGHTS HICs face similar challenges to LMICs in access to WASH, including reaching rural communities, building capacity, maintaining infrastructure, and improving water quality.; Historically marginalized communities are heavily impacted and massive socio-political change is needed to eliminate inequities.; HICs must improve access to services by filling data gaps, changing policies, and removing unjust social structures.;
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author Kaitlin J. Mattos
Riley Mulhern
Colleen C. Naughton
Carmen Anthonj
Joe Brown
Clarissa Brocklehurst
Cecelia Brooks
April Desclos
Nataly E. Escobedo Garcia
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Karl G. Linden
Christopher A. Lindsay
Jennifer Newby
Ryan Sinclair
Alan Smith
author_facet Kaitlin J. Mattos
Riley Mulhern
Colleen C. Naughton
Carmen Anthonj
Joe Brown
Clarissa Brocklehurst
Cecelia Brooks
April Desclos
Nataly E. Escobedo Garcia
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Karl G. Linden
Christopher A. Lindsay
Jennifer Newby
Ryan Sinclair
Alan Smith
author_sort Kaitlin J. Mattos
title Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
title_short Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
title_full Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
title_fullStr Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
title_full_unstemmed Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries
title_sort reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving sdg 6 in high-income countries
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