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#WorldToiletDay - 19th November 2024 Adequately sanitised, safe and secure toilet facilities are essential and central to our daily lives. However, according to the United Nations (https://lnkd.in/gM-chfu), 3.5 billion people still live without safely managed sanitation, including 419 million people who practice open defecation. Factors such as conflict, disasters, climate change and neglect contribute to the challenges in meeting “Sustainable Development Goal 6: Safe toilets for all by 2030”. The 2023 SDG Report highlights that “achieving universal coverage by 2030 will require a substantial increase in current global rates of progress...fivefold for sanitation and threefold for hygiene” (The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition. 2023. DOI: 10.18356/9789210024914, p24). You might wonder, "What can I do about this?" While each individual’s capacity is finite, together we can help raise awareness about the urgent need for better sanitation and hygiene, as well as educate others on the critical role sanitation plays in disease prevention and improving overall health. After all, the universal truth for every person on Earth is that what goes in must come out—and we must find ways to manage this process to reduce the global sanitation crisis. As United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres so poignantly put it, “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been”. #CallToAction #SustainableDevelopmentGoals2030 #Sanitation #CleanToilets #HumanRights #PublicHealth #HealthEducation

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Ashleigh Formanowicz

Medical Doctor | Entrepreneur

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Such an important topic 💡 The statistics are truly staggering and highlight the critical need for urgent action to address the global sanitation crisis. The ambitious targets in addressing this require a concerted, multi-stakeholder approach – one that includes governments, NGOs, private sector, and individuals alike. The issue is not just about infrastructure; it’s about education, behaviour change, and ensuring that communities understand the critical link between sanitation and health. 

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