Toilets For Health To mark World Toilet Day, the School has
produced a comprehensive report on toilets and sanitation The
new report, Toilets For Health is published this week and is
available for download below: Authored by Dr Elisa Roma and
Isabelle Pugh, with additional material by Unilever’s Global
Hygiene Manager, Carolyn Jones, the report features an
introduction by the School's Hygiene Centre Director Dr Val
Curtis, who said: “Despite the scale of the crisis, sanitation
remains a low priority for governments and recent efforts to
address this fall far short of what is required. Progress
depends on adequate investment and collaborative action across
developing country and donor governments, civil society,
multilateral agencies, academia and the private sector. All
parties have an urgent role to play in supporting national
efforts to improve access to sanitation for all.” The report
also reveals that the second biggest killer of children
worldwide is diarrhoeal diseases. - Every year, 850,000 children
di