According to statistics India is the first country to have open defecation

 

 

 

 

 

Open Defecation taking over India

 

Open defecation do to the lack of toilets is a big and strong issue taking place in India. Research indicates that it has caused the death of over 600 million kids a year, and placing woman at risk of attack.  However, India could finally be finding the solution to this problem after several years of taking place. Logically, an issue needs a person to be the head start of the solving part and in this case  Prime Minister Narenda Modi is the one the has all his focus on this issue, however, more than words are needed to solve this issue in India.

As I mention before open defecation causes the death of millions of kids and these deaths are cause because of the diseases cause by open defecation. Therefore,   The World Health Organization indicates that human excreta always contain large numbers of germs, some of which may cause diarrhea. When people become infected with diseases such as cholera, typhoid and hepatitis A, their excreta will contain large amounts of the germs which cause the disease.

The World Health Organization also mentions how if people defecate in the open, flies will feed on the excreta and can carry small amounts of the excreta away on their bodies and feet. When they touch food, the excreta and the germs in the excreta are passed onto the food, which may later be eaten by another person. Some germs can grow on food and in a few hours their numbers can increase very quickly.

Therefore, research concludes that kids and adults acquire those types of diseases mention before because India  has  626 million people who practice open defecation, has more than twice the number of the next 18 countries combined. India also accounts for 90 per cent of the 692 million people in South Asia who practice open defecation. India accounts for 59 per cent of the 1.1 billion people in the world who practice open defecation and last but not least India has 97 million people without access to improved sources of drinking water, second only to China.

              According to statistics India ends up paying around the same of what is needed to supply citizens with toilets.  

 

I believe that most of the people around the world who live in good situations would like to solve this type of problems or at least help solve the problems. But as my grandmother always said there is a big difference saying something than actually taking action for something. In India there have been attempts to solve the problem but the attempts take place when there is about to be a national election which throws every other effort away. 

Like I have mention and many of the political parties have said it will not be easy to solve the problem, since many Indians refuse to use toilets since they are not use to them, and also because around 12.9 million toilets are needed in order to solve the problem. However, with the courage and positivity of Mr Modi and the help of nonprofit groups they can achieve their goal.

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