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<p>The UK Government works with the United Nations Statistics Division via the UNICEF
and WHO Joint Monitoring Programme, an initiative which the UK supports, to assess
progress against sanitation and water goals. The Millennium Development Goal target
to reduce by half the number of people without access to improved water supply was
not met in the sub-Saharan Africa region.</p><p>The Millennium Development Goal targets
were superseded by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The sub-Saharan Africa
Region is currently not on track to reach the SDG access to water target by the target
year of 2030. The most recent evidence on access to safe water suggests that only
61% of people in sub-Saharan Africa had access to at least basic water supply services
in 2017. The impact of COVID-19 makes attainment of the global goals harder but also
more urgent as access to water is vital to enable people to wash their hands to stop
the spread of the virus.</p>
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