"World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste.The Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015, include a target to ensure everyone has access to a safely-managed household toilet by 2030. This makes sanitation central to eradicating extreme poverty." (www.worldtoiletday.info)

1) Nearly 1.5 million children under the age of five die every year from diarrhea globally.

2) Diarrhoeal diseases are the second most common cause of death of young children in developing countries, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and measles combined, and resulting in 1 death every 20 seconds.

3) Toilets have added 20 years to the human lifespan over the past 2 centuries.

4) In rich nations, 30% of clean water is used to flush poo into sewers.

5) No toilet, so they have to defacte in the open: 1.1 billion.

6) 40% of people worldwide don’t have a safe and healthy way to defecate.

7) 90% of diarrhea cases are caused by food or water contaminated by feces.

8) Feces is responsible for more than 50% of the 9 million preventable child deaths each year.

9) The estimated number of grams of fecal matter consumed everyday by people without a toilet is 10 grams.

10) One gram of poo is home to 10 million viruses, 1 million bacteria, 1,000 parasites and 100 worm eggs.

11) 2.5 billion people do not have access to a clean and safe toilet.

12) There are 40,000 active germs per square inch on a public restroom toilet handle.

13) Toilets have added 20 years to the human lifespan over the past 2 centuries.