A street child hawcker in front of Itinerant Mobile toilet beside street in Dhaka. Inadequate sanitation in South Asia leads to a number of diseases including diarrhoea. But the most dramatic result of open defecation is the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,’ a World Health Organization (WHO) report said this in a report published on the eve of the “World Toilet Day”. The WHO estimates that every dollar spent on sanitation gives a return of nine US dollars. It also estimated that India’s loss to GDP was per cent due to poor sanitation. The WHO in its report said that South Asia is likely to m
A street child hawcker in front of Itinerant Mobile toilet beside street in Dhaka. Inadequate sanitation in South Asia leads to a number of diseases including diarrhoea. But the most dramatic result of open defecation is the Ebola outbreak in West Africa,’ a World Health Organization (WHO) report said this in a report published on the eve of the “World Toilet Day”. The WHO estimates that every dollar spent on sanitation gives a return of nine US dollars. It also estimated that India’s loss to GDP was per cent due to poor sanitation. The WHO in its report said that South Asia is likely to miss its target of reaching the sanitation goals by 2015, the target year for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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