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NUR 396 Week 14
Brooke Rhodes

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• The Sustainable Development Goals is a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all".
• SDGs focuses on all countries, not just developing countries.
• They were set in 2015 by the United Nations General assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030.

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• The Sustainable Development Goals has the main purpose to universally put thoughts into action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
• Although I have chosen to discuss the 6th goal, ALL 17
goals are extremely important and equally necessary.

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Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 

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Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 

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• This goal is a priority and necessity for health. Clean water is not only essential to remain safe and provide good health, but it provides nourishment, aids in disease prevention, and is used for agriculture and food production. All countries deserve to have available access to fresh, clean water.

• Before COVID-19 billions lacked water and sanitation services. Now, due to COVID-19 implications, 3 billion people worldwide lack basic hand washing facilities at home which is the most effective method for COVID-19 prevention.

• Looking ahead, water scarcity could displace 700 million people by 2030.

(Photo by Mariya Kerimjee)

Link:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-07-13/clean-drinking-water

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• This article is from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which shares the Sustainable Development Goal of increasing food production using less water, which is one of the “greatest challenges of our times”.

• Global issues related to water such as water scarcity and inadequate sanitation not only affect food security, but nutrition and economic opportunities for families across the world.

• Goal 6 works to achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water, improve water quality by reducing pollution and hazardous chemicals, as well as increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdraws and supply fresh water.

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Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

How to increase food production using less water is one of the great challenges of our times.

Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation affect food security, nutrition and educational and economic opportunities for poor families across the world.

Crops and livestock already account for 70 percent of all water withdrawals and up to 95 percent in some developing countries. Water withdrawal for irrigation and livestock will increase as global population growth and economic development drive food demand up. Dietary trends point to a global increase in consumption of food that requires more water to be produced.

FAO works with countries to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, productive and environmentally friendly. This involves producing more food while using less water, building resilience of farming communities to cope with floods and droughts and applying clean water technologies. FAO also supports countries to monitor water resources use and levels of water stress.

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SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation | www.fao.org

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Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all How to increase food production using less water is one of the great challenges of our times. Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation affect food security, nutrition and educational and economic opportunities for poor families across the world.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, April 1). Global WASH. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_statistics.html#:~:text=

Food and Agriculture      Organization of the United Nations. (2020). SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation. SDG 6. Clean water and sanitation | Sustainable Development Goals. http://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals/goals/goal-6/en/.

United Nations. (2020). THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development. United Nations. https://sdgs.un.org/goals.

World Health Organization. (2020, February). How Much Would it Cost to Act? World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/watandmacr3.pdf.

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Nurses play a crucial role in achieving these specific targets through caring, educating, and preventing.

• Caring: there is not enough global recognition related to the clean water shortage and so many countries. More recognition should be given, nurses can bring awareness to this global dilemma.

•  Education is very important when it comes to unsafe drinking water and disease. Nurses must educate patients with these specific health concerns related to unclean water on how to receive clean water if they do not have access at home. It is also important to know that it is not their fault.

•  Prevention is imperative in relation to disease, illness, and death. Water, sanitation, and hygiene have the potential to prevent at least 9% of the global disease burden and 6% of global deaths. It is extremely important to prevent patients from drinking dirty water that can cause various diseases and ultimately death.

Nurses, especially travel nurses, have the opportunity to provide this necessary education and possibly prevent diseases.

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• Achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

• Achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

• Improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally

• Substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity

• Implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate

• Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

• Expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programs, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies

• Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management

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Barriers to participating in the target 

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Barriers to participating in the target 

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Barriers to participating in goal 6 include money, time, and resources. There is simply an absence of expertise in the construction and maintenance of water systems including a lack of time and the necessary financial resources which nurses are unable to physically provide hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact.

• Money: To improve both water supply and sanitation globally, would cost USD 11.6 billion annually. Another USD 2 billion would provide water treatment using chlorine and safe storage, taking the global cost to USD 24.6 billion. Although funding is an option, it is not realistic for nurses alone to completely fund billions and billions of USD in a short amount of time.

• Time: by 2030, the United Nations hopes to reach all of its targets for all 17 goals. Most nurses and healthcare workers work 12-hour shifts, which limits their time and availability to volunteer.

• Resources: Improved drinking water sources should, but do not always provide safe drinking water which includes household water connection, public standpipe, borehole, well, protected spring, and rainwater collection. According to the CDC, there is still too many unimproved sanitation facilities that do not ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact including disposal of human feces with solid waste.