Traditional Indian squat toilets, while beneficial for digestion due to natural body alignment, pose cardiovascular risks, especially for those with hypertension. Studies reveal a link between ...

Saturday is World Toilet Day. Its mission is to call attention to the fact that 2.4 billion people do not have access to a clean, safe toilet. An international consciousness-raising event will take ...

Dani Barrington is a Research Fellow jointly appointed by Monash University and the International WaterCentre. Her current work is funded as part of the DFAT Australian Development Research Awards ...

Surrounded by latrines and soap dispensers, sanitation charity founder Bindeshwar Pathak is most at home in the toilet, which he vows to build in every impoverished home in India. Affectionately known ...

Access to public toilets in India is a perennial problem. Almost half of India's 1.2 billion people, especially in rural areas, lack flush toilet facilities inside their home and have to defecate in ...

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