Brazil: Universal Access to Sanitation

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236130814518 Sanitation is a fundamental right and should be provided by the Government, but currently this service is not being provided adequately. Regular access to safe drinking water has caused concern, particularly in developing countries and, more emphatically in peri-urban areas, which house the socially excluded population. The lack or precarious access is water hazard that increases the incidence of acute infectious diseases and the prevalence of chronic diseases. The way to reverse this scenario and integrated implementation of public management policies, involving joint actions in the set and urban development, housing, sanitation and health sectors and for the promotion and protection of health of the local population and to cope with the complexity of factors that reveal their vulnerability. The next job was to analyze the current situation of access to basic sanitation in Brazil, the problems that the lack of this feature can generate, and the duty of the State by this situation.