World Toilet Day 2020: Toilets are vital in fight against the impact of climate change and infectious diseases says WaterAid – but one in four people still do not have oneMONROVIA – Living without a toilet endangers the health and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people – and the risk of living without proper sanitation increases as climate change bites. A lack of clean water, decent toilets and hygiene claims the lives of around 800 children under 5 every day and in total around 829,000 lives every year. Now climate change is aggravating the sanitation crisis. An estimated 250,000 additional deaths per year are predicted between 2030 and 2050 due to climate change and many of these deaths will be linked to poor sanitation. The international charity is encouraging governments to include ambitious sanitation plans in their climate change adaptation strategies so communities are better prepared to withstand the impacts of climate change.

Source: Front Page Africa November 19, 2020 09:11 UTC