New report warns billions still without proper sanitation

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Updated March 16, 2010 11:51:41

More than two and a half billion people live without proper sanitation. That's the finding of a new report on water for drinking and sanitation, issued by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF. The report shows 39 per cent of the world's population still defecate in the open, leading to disease which kills deaths four thousand children every day.

Presenter: David Mark
Speakers: James Wicken, Water Aid Australia; Robert Boss, Coordinator, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health, World Health Organisation

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