Monitoring access to piped water and sanitation infrastructure in Africa at disaggregated scales using satellite imagery and self-supervised learning

ArXi:2411.19093v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Clean water and sanitation are essential for health, well-being, and sustainable development, yet significant global disparities persist. Although the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 clearly defines targets for universal access to clean water and sanitation, limitations in data coverage and openness impede accurate tracking of progress in many countries.