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WaterAid works in Nepal to help establish sustainable water supplies and latrines and to influence government policy to serve the interests of vulnerable people.Case studies
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Factfile
Area: 147,200 km²* / 147,181km²**
Capital: Kathmandu
Other main cities:
Biratnagar, Birganj, Nepalgunj, Pokhara
Population: 28.8m*
Child deaths (under five) from diarrhoea per annum: 7,900* / 10,500**
Water supply coverage: 88%*
Sanitation coverage: 31%* / 46%**
Official statistics tend to understate the extent of water and sanitation problems, sometimes by a large factor. There are not sufficient resources available for accurate monitoring of either population or coverage. Varying definitions of water and sanitation coverage are used and national figures mask large regional differences in coverage.
* Figures from World Bank (2010) World Development Indicators database - databank.worldbank.org, UNICEF (2010) State of the World's Children 2009 and WHO (2010) World Health Statistics 2010, WHO / UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report 2010, UNDP (2009) Human Development Report 2010
** Figures from Nepal Labour Force Survey, 2009 jointly published by Central Bureau of Statistics and National Planning Commission of Nepal