Time to reflect on a modern health crisis

It’s one of the greatest health challenges facing the planet today — and one of the most overlooked.

World Toilet Day reminds us of a figure too often forgotten: 2.5 billion people on Earth do not have a decent, private, sanitary place in which to relieve themselves.

An estimated 10.6 million children under the age of 5 have died since 2000 because they lacked access to a hygienic toilet, safe water, and good hygiene — more children than the entire population of New York or London.

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