{"id":1717,"date":"2025-11-03T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cos.p10.sol1.net\/uncategorized\/quick-facts-about-the-sanitation-crisis-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:04:24","slug":"quick-facts-about-the-sanitation-crisis-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cos.net.au\/c\/cospedia\/quick-facts-about-the-sanitation-crisis-around-the-world","title":{"rendered":"World Toilet Day 2025: Quick Facts about the Sanitation Crisis around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Did you know that mobile phones are more readily available globally than toilets are?<\/h3>

World Toilet Day, observed annually on 19 November, aims to inspire action to address the global sanitation crisis and support the achievement of SDG 6, ensuring sanitation for all by 2030.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

According to UNICEF and the WHO, around 3.4 billion people around the world continue to have inadequate access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. <\/span>Everyone agrees that having access to <\/span>clean water and sanitation<\/span> should be a basic human right, yet governments around the world still struggle with the issue. Even in Australia, 24% of the population lack access to safely managed sanitation, particularly in remote Indigenous communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Why is this? According to the UN, discussing toilets is often seen as taboo, and it\u2019s time for that to change. Poor sanitation pollutes drinking water, rivers, beaches, and food crops, spreading dangerous diseases. Without toilets, there is no sustainable future, and governments must work\u00a0in line with the <\/span>UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals <\/span><\/span><\/a>to ensure that everyone has access to sanitary toilets by 2030. It is the responsibility of the public and private sectors to collaborate with underprivileged communities to develop sustainable sanitation solutions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sanitation facts for World Toilet Day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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To help safeguard and maintain health security, everyone needs sustainable sanitation, clean water, and handwashing facilities. The theme of <\/span>World Toilet Day<\/span>, falling on 19 November 2025, is <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019ll Always Need the Toilet,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 highlights the urgent need to protect and expand access to safe sanitation amid growing challenges such as ageing infrastructure, increasing demand, insufficient investment, and the escalating impacts of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Here are some facts you probably didn\u2019t know:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>