World Toilet Day

For most of us in Canada, this is standard equipment. In other parts of the world...not so much. World Toilet Day is November 19. Below are some facts from the UN that will make you shake your head.

• 2.4 billion people live without improved sanitation (World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF 2015).
• One in ten people has no choice but to defecate in the open (WHO/UNICEF 2015).
• Diarrhoea caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kills 315,000 children every year (WAS-Hwatch 2016).
• Disease transmission at work mostly caused by poor sanitation and hygiene practices, causes 17% of all workplace deaths (International Labour Organization (ILO) 2003).
• Loss of productivity due to illnesses caused by lack of sanitation and poor hygiene practices is estimated to cost many countries up to 5% of GDP (Hutton 2012)