#WorldToiletDay - 4.2 Billion People Lack Safe Sanitation
Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have "transformational benefits" for some of the world's most vulnerable people, says the UN's partner sanitation body, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council.
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