Joint Monitoring Programme For Water Supply And Sanitation
Update: In May 2013, the JMP released its latest estimates on the use of various types of drinking-water sources and sanitation facilities at the national, regional and global levels.
Overview
The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation is the official United Nations mechanism tasked with monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) relating to drinking-water and sanitation (MDG 7, Target 7c), which is to: "Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation".
The JMP is required to use the following MDG indicators for monitoring:
• Proportion of population using an improved drinking-water source;
• Proportion of population using an improved sanitation facility.
An improved water source is defined by the JMP as one that, by nature of its construction or through active intervention, is likely to be protected from outside contamination, in particular from contamination with fecal matter. An improved sanitation facility is defined as one that is likely to hygienically separate human excreta from human contact.
As well as reporting on the national, regional and global use of difference types of drinking water sources and sanitation facilities, the JMP actively supports countries in their efforts to monitor this sector and develop evidence based planning and management, plays a normative role in indicator formation and advocates on behalf of populations without improved water or sanitation.
The JMP is housed within the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and supported by a Strategic Advisory Group of independent technical and policy experts as well as various Technical Task Forces convened around important specific topics.
Read more about Joint Monitoring Programme For Water Supply And Sanitation: JMP Activities, Vision and Mission, Estimation Method, Reasons For Discrepancies Between National and International (JMP) Coverage Estimates, Challenges
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