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Communal versus neighbour-shared latrines: Which is better?

A study in Odisha found that communal latrines were less accessible, less likely to have water, were cleaned less frequently and were more likely to have visible faeces and flies.

Belen Torondel

Marieke Heijnena

Posted on 31 Oct, 2015 07:58 PM

As many as 2.4 billion people lack access to improved sanitation globally. 710 million of these people live in urban areas. In India alone, 769 million people lack access to improved sanitation and as high as 597 million people defecate in the open.

Shared sanitation facilities in India

Sanitation and health outcomes (Source: Sourabh Phadke)

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