While access to adequate sanitation is a basic human right millions of people around the world still practise open defecation.

This is particularly shocking when you consider the impact that exposure to human faeces has on public health, living and working conditions, nutrition, education and economic productivity across the world.

According to the United Nations (UN) the world is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) which aims to ensure the availability and sustainable management of sanitation and water for all by 2030.

In a quest to address the world’s sanitation crisis this year’s World Toilet Day event seeks to integrate sanitation solutions with nature. According to the UN the campaign follows the following narrative:

“When nature calls, we need a toilet. But, billions of people don’t have one. This means human faeces, on a massive scale, are not being captured or treated – contaminating the water and soil that sustain human life. We are turning our environment into an open sewer. We must build toilets and sanitation systems that work in harmony with ecosystems.”

With the help of the UN we take a look at World Toilet Day 2018 and the theme “When Nature Calls” in our latest infographic.