Thread by @WHO

It’s #WorldToiletDay🚽!

Stop for a second & imagine what life would be like without a toilet. That is the daily reality of over half a billion people.

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#DYK More than 1⃣ in 4⃣ people do not have a 🚽.

Sanitation is a human right to which everyone is entitled.

#WorldToiletDay

More than 7⃣0⃣0⃣ children die every day from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water, sanitation & poor hygiene.

Clean & safe sanitation is needed for all. #WorldToiletDay🚽

WHO & @UNICEF are calling for urgent investment in sanitation to combat infectious disease & antimicrobial resistance and to transform health, economies, and the environment within our generation.

History shows it can be done! 👉bit.ly/3pGpUdb

Every 💲1 spent on sanitation brings a 💲5.50 return by keeping people healthy and productive. #WorldToiletDay🚽

#COVID19 has laid importance of sanitation and the added vulnerability of people without a 🚽 at home. Resilient sanitation services must be part of healthy recovery from COVID-19.

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Wahyu watches her son Rizki wash his face in a newly built clean water facility in their home in #Indonesia🇮🇩.

Without safe sanitation, children are exposed to illness and disease - especially the most vulnerable. #WorldToiletDay🚽

Wiseman Jirungu & Job Ambeyi start their shift cleaning and collecting waste from 🚽 in the outskirts of Nairobi, #Kenya🇰🇪.

By working to safely dispose of human waste, sanitation workers help maintain the health, dignity, status & wellbeing of their community. #WorldToiletDay

Today is #WorldToiletDay, drawing attention to the fact that 2⃣ billion people - more than a quarter of the 🌏🌍🌎’s population! - do not have access to a clean and safe toilet.