World Toilet Day
Lack of proper sanitation, including toilet facilities and sewage treatment, causes the spread of diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, typhoid and dysentery. This affects millions of people globally, especially children.
World toilet day is officially observed every year on November 19 to create awareness about the global sanitation crisis. The day was first celebrated in 2013 and was designated by the United Nation General Assembly. Since then, on this day, events are conducted to educate people about health, hygiene, sanitation and the effects of open defecation.
Facts:
* Close to 1.1 billion people across the world still practise open-air defecation.
* A normal person will visit the toilet 2,500 times a year.
* One spends close to three years of one’s life in the toilet.
* Globally, 1.5 million children under the age of five die every year from diarrhoea.
* Using clean toilet adds 20 years to a human lifespan.
* Sir John Harrington invented the world's first flush toilet.
* Only one in 20 people will wash their hands properly after using the toilet!
Did you know? When you avoid using public toilets because they are dirty, you are putting immense pressure on your kidneys. This, in the long run, can lead to kidney and bladder ailments.
Transparent toilet: Switzerland has a 'see through' public restroom. It has one-way mirror so no one can see in, but the one using the restroom has a clear picture of everything happening outside!
