atitis, and other diseases transmitted
by the fecal–oral route.
Personal and community responsibilities
are critical. Individual,
household, and community
approaches to sustained access
and proper use of safer water
sources and improved sanitation
facilities will depend on effective
behavior change and communications
strategies. In some places,
ingrained cultural practices and
a lack of education may be impediments.
The political will of
international, regional, national,
and local authorities will need to
be developed, exercised, and maintained.
There is no quick fix for
improved water and sanitation;
achieving equity will be a long,
hard road, but the human, economic,
and societal results surely
justify the investment and the
effort