In addition, many countries have established national targets. It represents a component of the WHO Global Strategy for Health for All by the year 2000. Suitable facilities range from simple but protected pit latrines to flush toilets with sewerage. The numerator is the number of people with adequate excreta-disposal facilities available multiplied by 100. The denominator is the total population.
Basic sanitation is a fundamental factor in the human health component of sustainable development.
This indicator reflects the State of access to sanitary facilities with in the DSR Framework. The availability of facilities does not always translate into their utilization. The population that must be used in the numerator is the number of people without access to adequate sanitation. If the data available are in terms of proportion of households for which sanitation is available, it should be possible to convert this into a percentage of population, using average figures for household size. Also see section 4d above.