Impact of Sanitation and Water Management on Political Economy

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Table of Contents
2. Political economy.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction.................................................................................................................................1
Environment management..........................................................................................................2
Constraints...................................................................................................................................2
Opportunities...............................................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................3
REFERACES...................................................................................................................................4

2. Political economy.
Introduction
The meaning of sanitation is the condition of health of humans due to drinking water
which is clean and also due to proper management of disposal of human waste and sewage.
Under the following study impact of sanitation and water management is studied with the
influence of the government (World Health Organization, 2019). The programs of the Australian
government are studied in detail. Management of the environment is also studied in detail in
which cleanliness of the environment is promoted. What are the constraints due to which
environmental degradation and health degradation is taking place are studied along with the
opportunities to address them.
Washing hands regularly, taking bath etc are also a integral part of sanitation. Water and
sanitation is a big issue in Australia due to which the locals are suffering a lot (Jagnoor. and
et.al., 2019). This is the root cause of the several diseases which are caused due to mosquitoes
and other suspicious specious. The waste of the water is being sent to the river in which the
people residing the river are affected due to this. Western Australian Government are
continuously trying to make the water safe by restricting the use of polluted water. As per the
article written in The Australian it is found that the death rate due to polluted water infection
increased by 2000 his month in Australia. There are various issues faced by water sanitation such
as no proper management of the dumping of waste. Steps were taken by the Australian
government such as designing programs for waste management in which recently the
government reduced the waste by 10% and also the waste is being reused in more effective and
efficient way (Kohlitz. and Willetts, 2019).
National Health policy 2018 was launched with the purpose of managing the waste where
there was proper management of air pollution, water pollution and soil erosion. The program
mainly focused on children who are dying form the waterborne diseases because such diseases
are easy to spread and affect the children (Aldiwari, Souter. and Beal, 2019). The targeted area of
the program was schools in which the government have to make sure that the children are served
with neat and clean water. UNICEF programs made continuous efforts for making neat and clean
toilets. Hygiene food also plays a major role in the growth and development of the children and it
is seen that the schools are not using neat and clean water and the same is causing several
harmful diseases to the children. Even the fast food maker are not using clean water and in order
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