| Worldwide every year unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene claim the lives of an estimated 2 | 2 million children under the age of 5 |
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| We use a comprehensive approach focusing on water quality monitoring, management practices, technology and awareness raising actions | Join us in spreading the awareness of the lack of sanitation around the world |
Today is World Toilet Day! But here is why we have to.
19| Moving forward: opportunities to improve sanitation Governments need to invest in water infrastructure and financing | Toilets mean equity and dignity: Women and girls don't need a toilet just for defecation |
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| However, once sanitation services are available more environmental practices are needed to advance on the water agenda | In fact, , a child dies as a result of poor sanitation |
3 billion people still lack access to basic sanitation:• With safe water and sanitation we can use vaccines to prevent typhoid fever, which affects an estimated at least 11 million persons each year.
25| When there is no place to go, the result is contaminated land and water and an increased risk of disease | Also, even where toilets exist, if waste water is not treated properly, it can contaminate ground and surface water and destroy ecosystems |
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| This sanitation crisis means untreated human waste is spreading diseases into water supplies and the food chain for billions of people | Flood, drought and rising sea levels are threatening sanitation systems — from toilets to septic tanks to treatment plants |
Nearly 1,000 children die every day from diarrhoeal disease linked to a lack of safe water, sanitation and basic hygiene.
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