Exploring the 2019 Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) Report

Summary: The latest podcast from Global Waters Radio features a conversation with Bruce Gordon, Coordinator for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health at the World Health Organization (WHO), and Oliver Subasinghe, Communications and Data Advisor with the USAID Water Office.<br> Earlier this year, Bruce and his team at the WHO collaborated with U.N. Water to release the 2019 Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) Report, an encyclopedic resource revealing the quality of water and sanitation performance around the world. In this year’s edition, more than 100 countries were surveyed.<br> Bruce shares key takeaways from this year’s report with listeners and discusses some of the factors shaping countries’ progress—or lack thereof—when it comes to water and sanitation improvements. Adding a donor perspective, Oliver Subasinghe talks about how GLAAS report data help inform the Agency’s approach to WASH investments.<br> To view or download the following Global Waters Radio transcript, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/u/2/d/19C8-UA9vqiqI_dR6Q9ILPOZCcd-dBn_c/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.<br> For more information on subject matter discussed in this Global Waters Radio podcast:<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/glaas-report-2019/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2019 GLAAS Report</a><br> * <a href="https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Health Organization: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene</a><br> * <a href="https://www.unwater.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.N. Water</a><br> <br> To listen the podcast, click below.<br>