VIDEO: Getting toilets off the street in the developing world
17 Jan 2008 Source: Reuters
Jan. 15 - A new campaign calls for the introduction of basic sanitation to help end the cycle of economic deprivation in the developing world.
WaterAid says thousands of people, especially children, are dying every day because they lack access to clean water and toilets. The UK-based charity says their plight is the silent emergency and, along with the United Nations, it's lobbying wealthier nations to take urgent action.
Darcy Lambton reports.
A man walks on the partially dried-up riverbed of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province January 17, 2008. China's longest river, the Yangtze, is suffering from a severe drought this ...
