Hello, starting this month I launched new series: Health Edu seRies on cOnnect (HERO). This new series is about Toilet! 
Let’s start!If you hear the word “TOILET” what comes to your mind? Eww, something dirty, something that taboo to talk about in public or satisfaction LOL. Actually, the toilet has an important role in our life, it’s because no one can avoid the call of nature 
. In a year, we may happen to visit toilets about 2500 times and even more when we have an issue with a stomach which could happen many times a year.
History of the Toilet
Does anyone know the history of the toilet? Well, it’s unclear who first invented the toilet. But ever since humankind first existed, the earliest was undoubtedly a hole in the ground. 
. Probably millions of years later, the modern toilet just developed. From some literature, in ancient times around 2,500 B.C., communities in Scotland, the Indus Valley, and Mesopotamia used pipes to carry waste from the inside of their dwellings to the outside. This was also similar to ancient Romans’ use of a sewer system to deposit waste from latrines into streams and rivers. However, the first underground sewer in the city of Rome was around 500 BC. The flush toilet was invented in 1596 but just widely used from 1851. Before that, the toilet was a motley collection of communal outhouses, chamber pots, and holes in the ground. In Post-classical history, toilets are also well-known Garderobes as most commonly found in upper-class dwellings. It translates as guarding one’s robes - is thought to come from hanging your clothes in the toilet shaft, as the ammonia from the urine would kill the fleas. A huge public garderobe was constructed in London and emptied directly into the River Thames, causing stench and disease for the entire population. With that, garderobes were replaced by the “commode”, a box with a seat and a lid covering a porcelain or copper pot. In the 16th century, Europe discovered modern sanitation.
Bathroom technology really arrived in the 20th century with flushable valves, water tanks resting on the bowl itself. Many toilets now have automatic flushes and the sealed “vacuum water closet”. In Indonesia, toilet also has several names like Kamar Mandi (bathroom, since most of the time toilet along with bath activities), Kakus, Kloset, Jamban, or included WC (Water Closet). Originally, ‘toilet’ means – “act of washing, dressing, and preparing oneself” which is derived from French.
Facts about Toilet
The World Toilet Organization was founded on 19 November 2001 as a World Toilet Day and endorsed by WHO. Why this is important? According to UNICEF around 60% of the world – 4.5 billion people – don’t have a toilet that safely manages human waste at home. Some key points:
- Toilets save lives! Without toilets, deadly diseases spread rapidly. Over 750 children under five die every day from diarrhea caused by unsafe water, sanitation, and poor hygiene.
- Globally, 1 in 3 schools do not have adequate toilets, and 23% of schools have no toilets at all.
- 892 million people worldwide practice open defecation ( on the side of the road, in bushes, or in rubbish heaps)
In order to get everyone in the world using toilets, we need to triple our current efforts. That doesn’t just mean more toilets, but creating the desire for people to use them.
As a local guides, can we do something about this matter? The answer is Yesss!! Simply extend your time while doing the review on google maps, to include some information about toilets whenever possible, like the cleanliness of the toilet, water supply, availability of toilet paper, sanitary napkin, kids’ toilets, also accessibility feature too whenever possible. We can also add the information on how to access the public toilets: operation time, can we access them for free, or is there required special access?
Below are some examples of my review on google maps, toilet is one point that I always include in my review whenever it’s possible.
Sanitation has helped human health, development, and economic prosperity.
What is your story @Ewaade_3A @travelbyjp @TravellerG @KashifMisidia
Happy World Toilet Day! 
, to me this is important.
.Ditunggu topik topik HERO lainnya yaaa 
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I was so amazed. I was bit of “norak” (It’s Indonesian word, not sure what it called in English