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Sanitation for nutrition and child health

Photo credit: United Nations. Sanitation for nutrition and child health. 19 November 2013. Sanitation for nutrition. 40% of people in the world still do not have a toilet Undernutrition is associated with 35% of child deaths globally. Sanitation Facts . Photo credit: water.org.

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Sanitation for nutrition and child health

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  1. Photo credit: United Nations Sanitation for nutrition and child health 19 November 2013

  2. Sanitation for nutrition • 40% of people in the world still do not have a toilet • Undernutrition is associated with 35% of child deaths globally Sanitation Facts Photo credit: water.org

  3. Sanitation for nutrition • MDG1 is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger as indicated by: • The prevalence of underweight children under five years of age; and, • The proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption • The proportion of children <5 in low-income countries who are underweight has declined since 1990, but not at a rate that will reach the MDG target by 2015 Nutrition relates to all mdgs Photo credit: IARC

  4. Sanitation for nutrition • Open defecation practices contaminate water supplies and food crops in fields • Associated poor hand washing causes faecal contamination at meals • Contamination can result in gastrointestinal infections Sanitation relates to nutrition Photo credit: United Nations

  5. Sanitation for nutrition • Gastrointestinal infections can cause intestine damage leading to malabsorption and loss of nutrients • Infections can cause diarrhoea which also leads to loss of nutrients • Over time, these lead to lower absorption of nutrients and malnutrition Sanitation relates to nutrition Photo credit: Gates Foundation

  6. Sanitation for nutrition • Sanitation could prevent 560,000 deaths associated with undernutrition • High quality sanitation is necessary to reduce incidence and spread of disease • Ecological sanitation can increase crop productivity Sanitation improves nutrition Photo credit: United Nations

  7. Sanitation for nutrition • End open defecation • Create wealth and improve nutrition through waste • Support local food production What can you do? Photo credit: United Nations

  8. Sanitation for nutrition Improve your family’s lives – Stand up for your right to a toilet! www.sanitationdrive2015.org Leanne Burney, UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and SanitationEmail: burneyl@un.org Therese Dooley, UNICEFEmail: tdooley@unicef.org Amanda Marlin, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative CouncilEmail: amanda.marlin@wsscc.org Corinne Schuster-Wallace, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health Email: corinne.schusterwallace@unu.edu

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