A Snapshot of Drinking Water and Sanitation in South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: A regional perspective based on the 2008 Report of the WHO/ UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation

This document has been prepared by JMP as a contribution to the World Vision - AusAid Sanitation and Water 2008 Conference, October 27-29, 2008 in Melbourne Australia. It contains a set of drinking water and sanitation coverage estimates for South-eastern Asia and the Pacific based on the most recent JMP estimates (2006).

This document provides an assessment of the population currently using an improved drinking-water source and basic sanitation disaggregated by urban and rural areas. It details regional and country progress towards the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking-water supply and sanitation (target 7c) in South-eastern Asia. For half of the 22 countries in the Pacific region there are insufficient data to access progress towards the MDG drinking water and sanitation targets. This report therefore includes only one page on the island states in the Pacific in addition to the individual country data provided in the back of the report.

The estimates presented in this document are drawn from data collected by national statistics offices and other relevant institutions through national censuses and nationally representatives household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and World Health Surveys among others.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Purpose of the Snapshot

Definitions of access to drinking water and sanitation

Access to Sanitation - Basic facts and figures

Access to Drinking Water - Basic facts and figures

Access to Sanitation - the sanitation ladder

Access to Drinking Water - the drinking water ladder

Disparities in Urban and rural sanitation coverage

Disparities in Urban and rural drinking water coverage

South-eastern Asia is on track to meet the MDG sanitation target

South-eastern Asia is on track to meet the MDG drinking water target

Water and Sanitation in countries in the Pacific

JMP Methodology

Current sanitation situation at a glance

Current drinking water situation at a glance