sanitation

Girls cover their faces to protect themselves from the stench of a filthy and malfunctioning restroom in their school. at this school, girls have no toilets of their own and their only option is to use the ones on the far side of the buildings where the boys study. They do not have locking doors and are several minutes’ walk from a water point. ©2017 Credit: Paula Bronstein for Human Rights Watch

Girls in Afghanistan, and Everywhere Else, Need Toilets

At 732 Million, India Tops List on Number of People Without Access to Toilets: Report

Sanitation ‘Revolution’: A New Pay-Monthly Poop Removal System

Open Drains Are One of Delhi’s Biggest Sanitation Problems

Public toilets in Varanasi. Credit: Jorge Royan, CC BY-SA

Why Is It Easier for India to Get to Mars Than to Tackle Its Toilet Challenge?

A family in Sirajganj district in Bangladesh installing sanitary latrine. Credit: Development Organization for the Rural Poor/The Third Pole

Open Defecation Ends in Bangladesh – Almost

An infant receiving an oral polio vaccine. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Disease That Could Render the Oral Polio Vaccine Ineffective