According to UNICEF, as many as 26 million Filipinos lack access to toilets. This is about 30 per cent of the total population of Philippines. Of these, about 7.4 people were still using the method of open defecation. Read more here. Poor sanitation has also been revealed as the main reason why Filipinos have been unable to win the ‘Was on Worms’. Read more here. In another post, the lack of facilities for Filipinos wanting to upgrade their water purification methods, mainly because of banks unwilling to lend, has been highlighted – read more here.