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Sanitation
- DiarrheaDiarrhea killed 1.53 million people in 2019, yet soap and clean water can prevent most of it.
- Water pollutionSewage in the River Seine delayed swimming events at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- CholeraCholera can kill an untreated person within hours. A healthy adult can lose ten to twenty litres of fluid in a day.
- ToiletThe word toilet once meant a little cloth draped over the shoulders during hairdressing.
- Sewage treatmentDeveloping countries treat an average of just 4.2% of their sewage. High-income countries treat roughly 74%.
- Drinking waterIn 1854, a doctor traced a London cholera outbreak to one pump. John Snow found it on Broad Street in Soho.
- Stunted growthStunted growth almost always begins before a child turns two. After that, lost height is generally not regained.
- HygieneIf widely practiced, handwashing with soap could cut diarrhea by almost fifty percent.
- GastroenteritisA simple drink of water, salts and sugar helped cut child deaths from gastroenteritis.
- SanitationSanitation begins with one unglamorous goal: keeping human waste away from human mouths.