IMPROVING SCHOOL SANITATION IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY FOR A BETTER HEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE EECCA AND IN THE NEW EU MEMBER STATES

Abstract: In the World Health Organisation (WHO) European Region, 120 million people do not have access to safe drinking water, and even more lack access to hygienic sanitary facilities. Better management of water and sanitation would prevent over 30 million cases of water-related disease per year in the region. Few data are collected or known about the access to adequate water supply and safe sanitation for public institutions such as schools. Since the independency in former Soviet state