Batswana children deprived of sanitation

Students cleaning hands after disposing waste PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Students cleaning hands after disposing waste PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Sanitation remains the most common form of deprivation amongst children in Botswana regardless of age group, according to a National Multi dimensional Overlapping Deprivation on Analysis (N-MODA).

Sanitation here includes the conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal. The report shows that at least seven out of every 10 children are deprived of sanitation.

Furthermore, the report released this week by Statistics Botswana and UNICEF notes that sanitation deprivation is influenced by what is happening in rural areas, specifically, where a large population operates without any toilet facilities.

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