Fakta-Fakta Sanitasi

Di Tajikistan, anak perempuan memilih tidak hadir di sekolah ketika datang bulan akibat tidak tersedianya jamban.
(Percik April 2007)


Di Bangladesh, penyediaan air dan sanitasi meningkatkan kehadiran anak perempuan di sekolah sebesar 15 persen.
(Percik April 2007)


Di Pakistan, lebih dari 50 persen dari anak perempuan yang putus sekolah disebabkan tidak tersedianya jamban.
(Percik April 2007)


Kematian akibat diare tahun 2004, 6 kali lebih besar dibanding rata-rata kematian tahunan akibat perang bersenjata pada tahun 1990-an.
(UNESCO)


100.000 ribu anak-anak meninggal setiap tahunnya akibat kasus diare.
(ESP)


2.6 billion people, more than 40% of the world population, do not use a toilet, but defecate in the open or in unsanitary places.
(WHO & UNICEF, 2006)


In 2004, more than 3 out of every 5 rural people, over 2 billion, did not have access to a basic sanitation facility.
(WHO & UNICEF, 2006)


If the current trend persists, nearly 1.7 billion rural dwellers will still not have access to improved sanitation by 2015.
(WHo & UNICEF, 2006)


In 2004, urban sanitation coverage was more than double the rural sanitation coverage.
(WHO & UNICEF, 2006)


Migration from rural to urban areas poses a major challenge for city planners; extending basic drinking water and sanitation services to periurban and slum areas to reach the poorest people is of the utmost importance to prevent outbreaks of cholera and other water-related diseases in these often overcrowded places.
(WHO & UNICEF, 2006)




From 2006-2007, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam lose an estimated $9 billion per year due to poor sanitation.
(WSP World Bank, 2008)




The Philippines recorded P77.8-billion economic losses per year due to premature death, health care costs, lost wages, and other impacts resulting from poor sanitation.
(WSP World Bank, 2008)