Friday, December 26, 2008 10:42:01 AM
2.5 billion people still lack access to improved sanitation, including 1.2 billion people who still have no facilities at all. (1)
The majority of the illness in the world is caused by fecal matter. (13)
At any one time, more than half the poor of the developing world are ill from causes related to hygiene, sanitation and water supply. (13)
Eighty-eight percent of cases of diarrhea worldwide are attributable to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation or insufficient hygiene. (14)
Numbers of those living on less than US $2 a day: 2.5 billion. Numbers of those without sanitation: 2.6 billion. (9)
2008 is the International Year of Sanitation. Its five key messages are:
1) Sanitation is vital for human health, 2) Sanitation generates economic benefits, 3) Sanitation contributes to dignity and social development, 4) Sanitation helps the environment, and 5) Sanitation is achievable. Visit www.sanitation2008.org. (1)
Lack of sanitation is the world’s biggest cause of infection. (13)
Only 62 percent of the world’s population has access to improved sanitation – that is, a sanitation facility that ensures hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact. (1)
Of the 60 million people added to the world’s towns and cities every year, most occupy impoverished slums and shanty-towns with no facilities. (9)
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