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2.67 billion people do not have access to basic toilet facilities

Diarrhoeal illnesses are the second biggest killer of children under
the age of 5 years - claiming a child every 20 seconds

In sub-Saharan Africa, the Millinium Development Goals - aimed at halving the number of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015 - will only be met by 2072 at the current rate of progress