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BENIN-COTE DIVOIRE: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets ??two centuries away??

by IRIN | IRIN
Friday, 18 November 2011 14:38 GMT

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It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, according to NGO WaterAid, which calls on national leaders to commit 3.5 percent of their annual budget to the sector.
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