23rd May,2011
MUSTAFA TALPUR
Around 716 million people in South Asia, out of the 1.027 billion, practice open defecation and are exposed to severe safety and health risks as well as adding to environmental pollution.
Women and children bear the major burnt of this crisis. About 500,000 children die every year due to disease related to poor sanitation and hygiene, and many more fall seriously ill, compromising their future potential and overburdening the health services. In addition to death and disease burden, and its subsequent costs on the national economy, poor sanitation is polluting environment and compromising dignity-the very essence of human beings......
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MUSTAFA TALPUR
Around 716 million people in South Asia, out of the 1.027 billion, practice open defecation and are exposed to severe safety and health risks as well as adding to environmental pollution.
Women and children bear the major burnt of this crisis. About 500,000 children die every year due to disease related to poor sanitation and hygiene, and many more fall seriously ill, compromising their future potential and overburdening the health services. In addition to death and disease burden, and its subsequent costs on the national economy, poor sanitation is polluting environment and compromising dignity-the very essence of human beings......
(FOR MORE)
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