World Toilet Day 2017

World Toilet Day is November 19, 2017. World Toilet Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis—about 2.3 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, and currently 1 in 5 children die from diarrheal diseases.

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• #WorldToiletDay is Nov 19. Access to safe drinking water & improved sanitation key to preventing #cholera.
• Nov. 19 is #WorldToiletDay. Join us in spreading the awareness of the lack of sanitation around the world. www.cdc.gov/globalhealth
• #WorldToiletDay is Nov 19. Get the facts on the global sanitation crisis:
• https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• CDC supports global improvements in sanitation in Haiti through partnerships that increase access to toilets and safe waste management. #WorldToiletDay https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• Access to sanitation is a global priority. Did you know 1 in 5 children die from diarrheal diseases? #WorldToiletDay https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• CDC works to increase the evidence base needed to provide clean and safe toilets in developing countries with limited resources. #WorldToiletDay https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• #WorldToiletDay is 11/19: Read about the billions still living without access to clean and safe toilets https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/observances/world-toilet-day.html
• Loo, can, commode. Whatever you call them, toilets can save lives. #WorldToiletDay https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• Diarrhea is the third biggest killer of children under five years old in Sub-Saharan Africa. #WorldToiletDay
• or   –which would you pick? #WorldToiletDay
• One thing can improve health, equality, and development around the world—the toilet! It’s #WorldToiletDay www.cdc.gov/globalhealth #WeCantWait
• It’s #WorldToiletDay and where you go, matters. Here’s why: https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• Today is #WorldToiletDay! Safe water, sanitation, and vaccination help fight diseases like #cholera.
• Today is #WorldToiletDay. Get the facts on the global sanitation crisis now. https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• Did you know inadequate sanitation and unsafe water kill over 365,000 children worldwide every year? #WorldToiletDay
• Improved sanitation, good hygiene, and a safe water supply could save the lives of more than 350,000 children a year. #WorldToiletDay
• Have you ever stopped to think about how many times you use a toilet each day? #WorldToiletDay https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/infographics/food-water/world-toilet-day.html
• Clean and safe toilets are essential for health, human dignity, and improved education. #WorldToiletDay https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• Why #WorldToiletDay? 2.3 billion people still lack access to basic sanitation: http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• #Typhoid fever is more common in areas where handwashing is less frequent & water is likely to be contaminated with sewage. #WorldToiletDay
• About 2.3 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. Onsite sanitation technologies have helped make progress in addressing this issue. #WorldToiletDay https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• Without a toilet, where would you go? #WorldToiletDay
• When there is no place to go, the result is contaminated land and water and an increased risk of disease. https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• When people have no toilet and no choice but to “go” outside, harmful infectious diseases can easily spread. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• More people in the world have a mobile phone than access to basic sanitation. #WorldToiletDay
• 2.3 billion people worldwide don’t have access to toilets or other basic sanitation. https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• Did you flush today? Then you are among 60% of people worldwide who have access to clean, safe #toilet. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• 2.3 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets or latrines. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html

Facebook Posts

• About 2.3 million people lack access to basic sanitation services. 1 in 5 children die from diarrheal diseases, more than from AIDS, malaria and measles combined. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html
• Today is World Toilet Day! Worldwide more people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet. And 2.3 billion people do not have access to a clean and safe toilet.   https://blogs.cdc.gov/global/2017/11/16/world-toilet-day/
• With safe water and sanitation we can use vaccines to prevent typhoid fever, which affects an estimated at least 11 million persons each year. #WorldToiletDay
• When people have no toilet and no choice but to “go” outside, harmful infectious diseases can easily spread. https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/sanitation-saves-lives.html

Instagram Posts

• With safe water and sanitation we can use vaccines to prevent typhoid fever, which affects an estimated at least 11 million persons each year. #WorldToiletDay
• Today is World Toilet Day! Worldwide more people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet. And 2.3 billion people do not have access to a clean and safe toilet.
• Clean and safe toilets are more than just a place to use the restroom.  They are essential for health, human dignity, and improved education. Sadly, 2.3 billion people are still using inadequate forms of sanitation, which in many ways represents a hidden public health crisis. #WorldToiletDay

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