November 19th : World Toilet Day
A day to celebrate the importance of sanitation and raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) who don't have access to toilets and proper sanitation.2.6 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, , which risks their health, strips their dignity, and kills 1.8 million people, mostly children
World Toilet Day has been created by WTO as an annual celebration of toilets and sanitation and their vital contribution to public health, personal dignity and environmental sustainability.
Due to inspiring progress in access to water globally, there exists a common misconception that the goal of reducing water-borne illness is on track. However, while these diarrheal diseases are described as water-related, but they are more accurately explained as fecal-related, since the pathogens that produce these diseases derive from fecal matter. Use of toilets is the first step to preventing diarrheal disease – reducing such death by at least 30%.
While the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to give more people access to clean water is on track to be accomplished before 2015, at the current rate of progress, the goal of cutting the lack of access to sanitation in half will not be met globally until 2049. Not only is this unacceptable in its own right but it hinders any progress which has been made in other sectors of the MDGs, especially infant mortality, maternal health, universal primary education and combating HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Due to inspiring progress in access to water globally, there exists a common misconception that the goal of reducing water-borne illness is on track. However, while these diarrheal diseases are described as water-related, but they are more accurately explained as fecal-related, since the pathogens that produce these diseases derive from fecal matter. Use of toilets is the first step to preventing diarrheal disease – reducing such death by at least 30%.
While the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to give more people access to clean water is on track to be accomplished before 2015, at the current rate of progress, the goal of cutting the lack of access to sanitation in half will not be met globally until 2049. Not only is this unacceptable in its own right but it hinders any progress which has been made in other sectors of the MDGs, especially infant mortality, maternal health, universal primary education and combating HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Have pride in being a part of a noble mission.
Lets Celebrate the importance of the sanitation and raise the awareness for sanitation crisis prevailing in India .
