World Toilet Day (WTD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions around the world on issues of sanitation. Originally established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001, this day to draw attention to global sanitation issues is marked each year on November 19. Since 2001, World Toilet Day has grown in scope and recognition by global partners. In 2013, the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution recognizing WTD as an official UN international day.

The aim of World Toilet Day is to raise awareness about the people in the world who don’t have access to a toilet, despite the fact that it is a human right to have clean water and sanitation.

Those who have access to toilets take it for granted. Without giving it a second thought, you go to the toilet in your home whenever you need to go. And when something goes wrong with it, it is as easy as contacting a professional plumber near Westwood to fix the problem as soon as possible which will allow you to continue using it as and when you please.

The truth is, some individuals may not realize that there are hundreds of millions of people without access to this important need since they have easy access to toilets. As mentioned earlier, they might not fully understand how important toilets are given that they never have to go a single day without enjoying one (because when anything goes wrong with the toilets, they can immediately opt for Toilet Repair or Replacement services). However, because many people do not realize the importance of toilets, it becomes more essential to observe the World Toilet Day (WTD).

The theme for 2015 is Nutrition and Sanitation, giving emphasis on the importance of toilets to support adequate nutrition and better health and educate people who do not have access to toilets. Nutrition is related to potable drinking water and cleanliness as well as proper hygienic practice.

The WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme for water supply and sanitation has said that at its present pace, India would take time till 2054 to meet its millennium development goals 2015 on sanitation.

Did You Know???

• It was estimated in 2015 that 2.4 billion (about 1 out of 3 people) lack access to improved sanitation facilities, and just under 1 billion continue to defecate openly.
• Sanitation is a human right, just like the human right to water. Lack of access tosanitation, impacts on health, dignity, and safety.
• The spread of many diseases (e.g. soil-transmitted helminthiasis, diarrhea, schistosomiasis) and chronic malnutrition in children – which can be connected to a condition called Environmental enteropathy – is directly related to exposure to human feces.