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Eastern Africa / Eritrea

Summary

Sanitation Verdict 0/20
Water Verdict 0/20
WASH % of gov. budget N/A
Key Facts
HDI Position (UNDP) 165/177
Population (millions, World Bank) 4.9
Child mortality rate (UNICEF) 58/1000
Annual child diarrhoea deaths (UNICEF) 2,200

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 7 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 Is there a national sanitation policy? N/A
Is there one national sanitation plan to meet the MDG target? N/A
Did they sign eThekwini? N/A
Institutions Is there one coordinating body involving all stakeholders? N/A The MOH as the Chair – UNICEF as the Secretariat. Members include IRC, Oxfam, ICRC, WHO UN Habitat and other ministries including Ministry of Information, Tourism, education and ministry of land Water and environment
Is there a principal accountable institution to take leadership? N/A Yes the Ministry of Health (MOH). The MOH have adopted the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach as their strategy and have mobilized the staff in the MOH to work towards community mobilization of CLTS in all six zobas nation wide
What profile is given to sanitation within the PRSP? N/A
Finance Is 0.5% of GDP allocated to sanitation? N/A
Is there a specific public sector budget line for sanitation? N/A Yes – there is an allocation for sanitation within the Environmental Health sector budget – salaries for environmental health extension workers, small budget for materials production and support – small allocation for community mobilisation
Is there a sanitation monitoring and evaluation (M+E) system? N/A The M&E is supported by both the M&E Department and the Health Information Service who collect information and data for the MOH including data and information on sanitation
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
Gov. WASH Budget as % of total budget 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
Gov. WASH budget (current $US, millions) 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
Gov. budget for sanitation only (local currency, millions) 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
GDP (current $US, millions, IMF) 1,210 1,320 1,380 1,870 2,250 2,650
Average $US exchange rate for that year (xe.com) 15 15 15 15 15 15
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Eritrea: Access To WASH (JMP 2010)

Water Sanitation
61% 14%

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.

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