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The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries
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Developed Countries
Drinking Water
Humans
Racism/prevention & control
Sanitation
Social Isolation
Water Supply
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Drinking Water
Humans
Racism/prevention & control
Sanitation
Social Isolation
Water Supply
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 13 - Climate Action
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27330
Abstract
Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this essential public health infrastructure persist, driven by structural inequalities, racism, poverty, housing instability, migration, climate change, insufficient continued investment, and poor planning. Although the burden of disease attributable to these gaps is mostly uncharacterised in high-income settings, case studies from marginalised communities and data from targeted studies of microbial and chemical contaminants underscore the need for continued investment to realise the human rights to water and sanitation. Delivering on these rights requires: applying a systems approach to the problems; accessible, disaggregated data; new approaches to service provision that centre communities and groups without consistent access; and actionable policies that recognise safe water and sanitation provision as an obligation of government, regardless of factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, ability to pay, citizenship status, disability, land tenure, or property rights.
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Journal article
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2023-04-01
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10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00006-2