Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Acronyms and abbreviations

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNESCO UNIDO UNFPA UNGA UNICEF UNSD USEPA UNWWAP VIP VOCs WASH WEF

African Development Bank Asian Institute of Technology African Ministers’ Council on Water African Union biochemical oxygen demand Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Community-Based Organisations circular economy approach community led total sanitation Chemical Oxygen Demand Cruz Vermelha de Moçambique (Mozambique Red Cross) dissolved oxygen Economic Community of West African States Equivalent Residential Unit (United Nations) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Global Burden of Disease Gross Domestic Product Global Enhanced Monitoring Initiative Greenhouse gas emissions Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Development Agency) UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities Global Water Partnership High-Level Panel on Water Information and communication technologies internally displaced people International Ecological Engineering Society International Financial Cooperation International Institute for Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Trade Administration International Water Management Institute integrated water resources management Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Kampala Capital City Authority Least Developed Countries Millennium Development Goals Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Programme National Environment Management Authority (of Uganda and of Kenya) New Partnership for Africa’s Development Non-Governmental Organisation oral cholera vaccine Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on-site sanitation systems Rwanda Environment Management Authority Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Sustainable Development Goals Sub-Saharan Africa Soil transmitted helminths Sustainable Water Integrated Management (Programme)

AfDB AIT AMCOW AU BOD CAADP CBOs CEA CLTS COD CVM DO ECOWAS ERU ESCAP

United Nations Population Fund United Nations General Assembly United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations Statistics Division

United States Environmental Protection Agency United Nations WorldWater Assessment Programme ventilated improved pit (latrine)

Volatile Organic Compounds Water, Sanitation and Hygiene World Economic Forum World Health Organization

WHO WMO WSP WSUP WUA

World Meteorological Organization Water and Sanitation Programme Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor water user association wastewater treatment plants WorldWater Development Report

FAO GBD GDP GEMI GHG GIZ

WWTPs WWDR

GLAAS

GPA

GWP HLPW ICT IDP IEES IFC IISD IPCC ITA IWMI IWRM JMP KCCA LDCs MDGs METAP NEPAD NGO OCV OECD OSS REMA RWSSI SDGs SSA STHs SWIM NEMA

Total Dissolved Solids Total Organic Carbon Total Solids Total Suspended Solids urine diversion dry toilets United Nations

TDS TOC TS TSS UDDTs UN UN Habitat

United Nations Human Settlements Programme Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United Nations Environment Programme

UNAIDS UNDESA UNECA UNEP

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