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Global aid on sanitation is southward bound

  • 14/01/2008

Globally, 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and clean toilets. For example, 92 per cent of the population in Afghanistan don't have proper sanitation; 67 per cent in India as well.

A gramme of human faeces contains 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs

Diarrhoeal diseases, caused by a lack of sanitation and water, are the second biggest killer of children