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- World Toilet Day is marked by the United Nations and its sister organizations every year on November 19 since 2013.
- In July 2013, the United Nations passed a resolution to mark the event by its member nations.
- Objective: To bring behavioural changes and implementation of policies that will end open defecation and increase access to sanitation among the poor.
- As human waste spreads diseases, it is essential to use toilets.
Need
- More than half of the global population are living without good sanitation.
- 673 million people still follow open defecation worldwide
- 297,000 children under five die each year of diarrheal problems that are caused due to unsafe drinking water, hand hygiene and sanitation
- Developing Countries are losing 5% of their GDP due to sanitation-related diseases
Sustainable Development Goals
- The day helps in achieving SDG 6.
- The SDG 6 Ensures Clean Water and Sanitation for all by 2030.
- Improvement in sanitation facilities are predominantly required in Central Asia, South-East Asia, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia.
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