{"id":24086,"date":"2023-11-14T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eastern-southern-africa-leadership-summit-on-wash-kicks-off"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:32:43","slug":"eastern-southern-africa-leadership-summit-on-wash-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eastern-southern-africa-leadership-summit-on-wash-kicks-off","title":{"rendered":"Eastern, Southern Africa Leadership Summit on WASH Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>The Eastern and Southern Africa Leadership Summit on WASH, hosted by the World Bank and Ministry of Finance kicked off in Addis Ababa today.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern and Southern Africa WASH Leadership Summit has brought together ministers of finance and water, development partners and private sector leaders for in-depth discussions about advancing systems change as a pathway to universal WASH access.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day event primarily centers around five strategic actions of the systems change approach, address sector-level governance bottlenecks, and re-align sector-wide incentives.<\/p>\n<p>While the world is progressing towards SDG 6, Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region where the number of people without access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two decades, 37 million more people in Sub-Saharan Africa have been without basic water supply, and 247 million more are without basic sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>A significant majority of people without access are living in Eastern and Southern Africa, and despite all efforts being made these gaps are growing every passing year.<\/p>\n<p>The implications of limited access to basic WASH, and a strategy to move away from business as usual in the sector were discussed at previous events such as the United Nations Water Conference in March 2023 and the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>During these high-level events, the African ministers of water and finance have embraced a strategy of &#8220;Systems Change&#8221; as a way to universal WASH access and committed to establishing and monitoring regional and country platforms to track progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. 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