Consider this: more than 25% of the world's population have no access to basic toilet facilities and 673 million continue to practice open defecation - a practice that is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania due to population growth, according to the World Health Organisation1. The knock-on impacts are devastating, with poor sanitation linked to the transmission of diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, and even death.
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