Geography academic, Dr Jim Wright, is among a team of researchers whose paper has been recognised as one of 12 Best of UNICEF Research projects for 2015.
Dr Wright, Associate Professor in Geographical Information Systems, worked with colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and WaterAid, exploring the safety of drinking water worldwide.
The project reveals that the numbers of people globally with access to genuinely safe water may have been routinely and seriously overestimated and looks at ways in which targets and indicators can be developed to enhance the monitoring of drinking water around the world.
Speaking of the research, Jim said,
“The monitoring of the progress towards the Millennium Development Goal regarding access to safe water distinguished the ‘haves’ from the ‘have nots’. The ‘haves’ were those people that could access piped water, boreholes, protected springs and other water sources generally considered to be protected from contamination.”
The Best of UNICEF competition was launched two years ago to recognise outstanding research and to share findings with UNICEF colleagues and the wider community concerned with achieving child rights.
To see the Best of UNICEF Research publication visit the UNICEF website.