Inclusive sanitation needed to address service gap in A-Pac: ADB ANI | Updated: Apr 12, 2021 17:57 IST Manila [The Philippines], Apr 12 (ANI): Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific must reassess their approach and investment priorities to adopt sanitation">citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS) to address the region's urban sanitation crisis, according to discussions on Monday at the Online sanitation-dialogue-2021">ADB Sanitation Dialogue 2021. "Sanitation continues to be a huge unmet need in Asia and the Pacific despite the region's progress," said ADB Water Sector Group Chief Neeta Pokhrel. "About 1.2 billion people have no access to basic sanitation services and the region requires 53 billion dollars per year on average up to 2030 to finance and address the water and sanitation gap."