Editing Zimbabwe (section)

===Water supply and sanitation===
{{Main|Water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe}}
There are many successful small-scale water supply and sanitation programs, but there is an overall lack of improved water and sanitation systems for the majority of Zimbabwe. According to the [[World Health Organization]] in 2012, 80% of Zimbabweans had access to improved (i.e. clean) drinking water sources, and only 40% of Zimbabweans had access to improved sanitation facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.167?lang=en |title=Exposure Data by Country |work=World Health Organization |access-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304210631/http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.167?lang=en |archive-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> Access to improved water supply and sanitation is noticeably limited in rural areas.<ref name=wsp1>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsp.org/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/CSO-Zimbabwe.pdf |title=Water Supply and Sanitation in Zimbabwe, Turning Finance into Services for 2015 and beyond |publisher=[[AMCOW]] (collaboratively published report) |year=2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130142528/https://www.wsp.org/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/CSO-Zimbabwe.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2020 |url-status=dead |website=wsp.org |access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> There are many factors that continue to determine the nature of water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe for the foreseeable future; three major factors are the severely depressed state of the Zimbabwean economy, the reluctance of foreign aid organisations to build and finance infrastructure projects, and the political instability of the state.<ref name="wsp1" /><ref name="hrw2">{{cite book|url=http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/zimbabwe1113_forUpload_1.pdf |title=Troubled Water: Burst Pipes, Contaminated Wells, and Open Defecation in Zimbabwe's Capital |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-62313-0800 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830213700/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/zimbabwe1113_forUpload_1.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2014}}</ref>