UN World Toilet Day -November 19

The UN designated Nov 19 as ''World Toilet Day'',urging changes in both behaviour and policy on issues ranging from enhancing water management to ending open-air defecation

Some 2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, the United Nations said, and more than a billion practice open defecation — a problem that contributes to countess deaths from preventable diseases.

Each year, more than 800,000 children under 5 die from diarrhea, the U.N. said, many due to poor sanitation