VIDEO: Solving the World's Toilet Shortage

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

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In this episode of TCTV, water sanitation and hygiene engineer Dani Barrington explains the importance of toilets and community-led approaches to sanitation for one-third of the world’s population who lack access to adequate sanitation.

This video is a co-production between SBS World News and The Conversation.

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Dani Barrington is employed by Monash University as a Research Fellow. Her current work is funded as part of the DFAT Australian Development Research Awards Scheme. She is also affiliated with Engineers Without Borders, where she is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Humanitarian Engineering.

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