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Central Africa / Cameroon

Summary

Sanitation Verdict 0/20
Water Verdict 0/20
WASH % of gov. budget N/A
Key Facts
HDI Position (UNDP) 150/187
Population (millions, World Bank) 19.6
Child mortality rate (UNICEF) 136/1000
Annual child diarrhoea deaths (UNICEF) 12,200

The majority of data on this country page was provided by Traffic Lights Publication 2011 from UNICEF/WaterAid/WSP washwatch@gmail.com

Sanitation Policy

(Monitoring the eThekwini declaration)

Last edited by Traffic Lights Publication 2011 at UNICEF/WaterAid/WSP 9 months ago

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Key:

2
= Good progress
1
= Some progress
0
= No progress
n/a
= Don't know
Category Criteria Rating Justification
Verdict (out of 20) 0
Policy Did they sign eThekwini? N/A
Is there a national sanitation policy? N/A

Planned formalisation of 20-year old sanitation plan. WSS policy developed in 2007

Is there one national sanitation plan to meet the MDG target? N/A
Institutions What profile is given to sanitation within the PRSP? N/A
Is there a principal accountable institution to take leadership? N/A

Many ministerial deparments with role in sanitation, no leadership.

Is there one coordinating body involving all stakeholders? N/A
Finance Is there a specific public sector budget line for sanitation? N/A
Is there a sector investment plan for sanitation? N/A
Is there a sanitation monitoring and evaluation (M+E) system? N/A

not operational

Monitoring Do institutional sanitation programs include gender aspects? N/A
Verdict (out of 20) 0

WASH Finance

Gov. WASH Budget (local currency, millions)

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Gov. WASH Budget as % of total budget

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Financial indicators 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Gov. WASH Budget as % of total budget N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gov. WASH budget as % of GDP N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gov. WASH budget (current $US, millions) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gov. WASH Budget (local currency, millions) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gov. budget for sanitation only (local currency, millions) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total Gov. budget (local currency, millions) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
GDP (current $US, millions, IMF) 18,000 18,000 23,700 22,200 22,500 25,500 25,500
Average $US exchange rate for that year (xe.com) 523 479 448 472 495 472 472
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Cameroon: Access To WASH in 2010 (JMP 2012)

Water Sanitation
77% 49%

There are a number of ways to measure the proportion of people that have access to sanitation and water in a country. Governments often use a combination of management information systems and household surveys.

The official data which the UN uses to monitor progress on the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) comes from the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP aggregates data from household surveys carried out by governments.

WASHwatch.org shows JMP data because it is comparable across countries and uses the MDG definitions of access to sanitation and water. Some Governments prefer to quote the latest data from their household surveys, the best source of this information is the national statistics bureau or equivalent.

Read more about Monitoring Access

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