New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Summary UN report found open defecation in low-income countries remained four times higher than the global average

Despite progress since 2015, billions still lacked safe water, sanitation and hygiene in 2024

Rural communities, women, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities faced the greatest disparities

To meet 2030 targets, low-income countries would need a sevenfold increase in access to safe water and an eighteenfold increase in sanitation

Open defecation in low-income countries remained four times higher than the global average, making them the only income group not on track to eliminate the practice by 2030, according to a new report launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nati...