World Toilet Day: Almost half of the planet does not have a toilet
World Toilet Day is celebrated on November 19 to draw attention to the sanitation crisis for billions of people around the world, who live without access to safe defecation.
If you think this date is insignificant, you are wrong. Namely, without clean and safe toilets and the provision of human waste, we can endanger food and water sources, which further endangers the environment and health.
When people do not have access to the toilets we know and use today, they defecate in nature. This is called open defecation. According to UN data from 2021, more than 3.6 billion people live without access to sanitation. This often causes disease to spread.
Toilets also protect the dignity, safety and health of women, especially during menstruation and pregnancy. For every dollar invested in basic sanitation, up to five dollars is returned in the form of saved medical costs and increased productivity, and jobs are created along the entire service chain.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 1,000 children worldwide die each day from diarrhea associated with poor sanitation and contaminated water sources. Safe sanitation, hygiene and safe water supply can save the lives of more than 300,000 children a year.
Therefore, World Toilet Day is an ideal opportunity to learn more about hygiene and raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. The World Toilet Day organization wants to point out the alarming statistics. In this regard, he advocates that every person has the right to defecate safely by 2030.
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