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Better Sanitation Could Save 2 Million Lives A Year - Study

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  • Bad sanitation, water account for 7 percent of global disease
  • Billions of people have no access to hygienic toilets
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the world's population still defecates in the open, and action to improve hygiene, sanitation and water supply could prevent more than 2 million child deaths a year, health experts said on Monday.
 

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