This Sunday, November 19, let’s take some time to reflect. For billions in the developing world proper sanitation can mean the difference between education and ignorance, health and illness, prosperity and poverty.
Jesse Shapiro is the Environmental Health Team Lead, Senior Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Advisor, and Sanitation Focal Point at USAID based in the Global Health Bureau.
This article from the World Toilet Day 2017 issue of Global Waters Stories describes how the Digni-loo—an innovative, affordable latrine—is improving sanitation for households in Ghana.