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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Activists are urging governments and businesses to invest more in improving sanitation in poor countries facing a shortage of toilets.
The toilet crisis is serious in parts of Africa and Asia battling extreme poverty.
To mark Monday World Toilet Day, the WaterAid Group said that one in five primary schools and one in eight high schools in the world do not have toilets.
According to the report, about 344 million children in sub-Saharan Africa do not have decent toilets at home, which makes them vulnerable to diarrhea and other water-borne infections.
Cheryl Hicks, executive director of the Geneva-based Toilet Board Coalition, told The Associated Press that sanitation contractors can help reduce the shortage of toilets in countries where such infrastructure costs governments too much.
