Each year, World Toilet Day on 19 November highlights the importance of sanitation and hygiene in driving improvements in public health, gender equality, education, economic development and environmental protection. This year’s theme is ‘Valuing Toilets’.
Do you care about toilets? According to the latest WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report, progress on sanitation and hygiene is badly off track. For the 3.6 billion people currently without safely managed sanitation, it’s clear there will be no sustainable future without toilets. Governments must work four times faster and ensure toilets for all by 2030.
WHO and UNICEF are calling on government and their partners to urgently transform sanitation for better health, environments, economies and societies in the State of the world's sanitation report. The report sets out ways forward under the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework drawing on latest data, evidence and case studies.
Join the global #WorldToiletDay conversation and show the world how much you care about toilets. By visiting the official campaign site, you can learn more about the issues, access prepared materials to help get the message out about the value of toilets, and join the online dialogue.
WHO is a member of UN-Water and the taskforce that organizes World Toilet Day.
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