19 November - a worldwide celebration of toilets
19 November is World Toilet Day, celebrated since 2001 and the creation of the World Toilet Organisation. Even though disease spread by human excrement kills more children each year than HIV, TB and malaria combined, many still shy away from talking about toilets. And while this silent killer is being ignored, 2.5 billion people suffer from the consequences of not having adequate sanitation. Hence, World Toilet Day is an internationally recognised occasion to celebrate the humble, yet critical role that toilets play in our lives.
Read more about World Toilet Day in the press clippings below:
- Los Angeles Times: Ode to the commode
- Fox News: Don't laugh - World Toilet Day aims to promote sanitation, rid world of disease
- CNN: Toilet training - taking sanitation seriously
- Daily Monitor, Uganda: The reality of latrine shortage
- L'Express (in French): Pourquoi il faut prendre les toilettes au sérieux
- Le Soleil - Sénégal (in French): Accès aux toilettes - taux de couverture estimé à 17% en milieu rural
- Le Journal du Dimanche (in French): Les toilettes - un défi planétaire
- Le Faso.net (in French): Assainissement - 10 millions de Burkinabés à la recherche de toilettes
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