Global: Billions without basic sanitation
04.10.2006
Less than 50% of people living in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Chad have access to adequate water sources, UNICEF warns in a new report. More than 2 billion people across the globe are at increased risk for diarrhea and other diseases due to a lack of access to basic sanitation, with Africa and Asia hardest hit, the agency said.