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One in three...

2.3 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, one in three of the world's population.
((WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Report 2015 update)

Around 315,000 children under-five die every day from diarrhoeal diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. That's 900 children per day, or one child every two minutes.
(WHO/UNICEF 2014, 2015)

(Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) 2012)

For every $1 invested in water and sanitation, an average of at least $4 is returned in increased productivity. (Hutton, Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage, WHO, Geneva, 2012: page 4)

(UNDP Human Development Report, 2006  page 45)

In 2014/15 we reached 2 million people with safe water and 3.1 million people with sanitation.
(WaterAid, 2015)

Just £15 can provide one person with access to safe water.
(WASHCost and WaterAid, 2014)

(Using percentage estimate from UNDP: Human Development Report, 2006)
