Lifting the Lid on Africa's Toilet Crisis
With more than 600 million people lacking improved sanitation facilities in Africa, the continent has become a major focus for initiatives aimed at bringing toilets to the masses.
Globally, around 2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation - close to two-fifths of the world's population.
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Of the eight Millennium Development Goals, the least progress has been made on ensuring adequate access to sanitation for the 15 percent of the world's population still defecating ... Read more »
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Women who are affected by lack of adequate sanitation facilities really suffer terribly. By their very nature women require easily accessible, clean, safe and secure toilet and bathroom facilities. The way women go to the toilet must NOT be a detriment to their health, for example,with unflushable toilets spraying back dirt back into their vulnerable private parts with its incumbent danger of disease(s) - especially where there is a lack of basic clean water and toilet paper!Governments in Afirika REALLY MUST LOOK AT REPAIRING LATRINES AND TOILETS (WITH PLUMBING SYSTEMS) IMMEDIATELY THEY BREAK DOWN! It is a shame how this is neglected when big cars and even aeroplanes are stupidly considered a priority! Nubile girls suffer from dirty toilets like this during their periods. Fecund women suffer all sorts of dangers from these dirty toilets and lack of any viable toilet facilities. Mothers of young babies on their backs suffer real hell from lack of well-planned toilets! The lists is endless. Perhaps now that Afirika has a woman chairperson of the African Union, in the person of Dr. Dlamini-Zuma, toilet facilities will be a priority for a change.
Mega Katonda Afirika, WIFE OF GOD.