The next UN goals must tackle open defecation, says expert

October 1, 2012
Ankur Sohanpal

A number of experts have tentatively grafted a document on what the next set of UN goals should be, come 2015. A report by the WHO details that as many as 15 per cent of the global population openly defecates in open fields, forests, bushes and water bodies, putting the health of others at risk. This percentage is much higher for countries like India where a record 60 per cent defecate openly. This, in combination with unavailability of clean drinking water is responsible for as many as 88 per cent of deaths of children from diarrhoea, worldwide. Read more here.



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