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KEY-FACTS ON SANITATION
SOME KEY-FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE
• 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation — more than half the global population.
• 673 million people still practice open defecation worldwide.
• Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces.
• Inadequate sanitation is estimated to cause 432,000 diarrhoeal deaths every year and is a major factor in diseases such as intestinal worms and trachoma.
• Children under the age of five Iiviing in countries affected by protracted conflict are, on average,nearly 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases caused by a lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene than direct violence. (UNICEF 2019)
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