Life saving loos - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

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With only 33% of India's population having access to sanitation, 670 million people need a latrine.

The lack of sanitation impacts upon all areas of people's lives - infant deaths, lost work days, expensive medicines and missed school all have an economic cost.

There is compelling evidence that sanitation brings the greatest return on investment of any development intervention (roughly $9 for every $1 spent).

WaterAid and its partners help communities build simple latrines, like Uma Devi's in Premnaga village (pictured), which, together with safe water and hygiene education, are vital for overcoming poverty.

(c) WaterAid 2008