Sanitasi di Indonesia Dinyatakan PBB sebagai Terburuk ke-2 di Dunia
Sanitation in Indonesia UN Declared as 2nd Worst in the World
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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PERSERIKATAN Bangsa-bangsa (PBB) menyatakan Indonesia sebagai negara dengan sanitasi terburuk kedua di dunia, perihal buang air besar (BAB) sembarangan. Indonesia hanya lebih baik dari India yang berada di peringkat pertama tapi lebih buruk dari 8 negara lainnya yakni Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Nepal, China, Nigeria dan Burkina Faso.
Assistant Brand Building Manager Domestos Toilet Cleaner dan Vixal PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, Johan Mantik merujuk pada data PBB tersebut disebutkan bahwa 100 juta orang dari 250 juta penduduk Indonesia belum memiliki akses sanitasi yang baik.
"Data global PBB pada 2010 mengungkapkan bahwa 63 juta penduduk Indonesia tidak memiliki toilet dan BAB di sembarang tepat baik di sungai, laut atau di daratan," kata Johan Mantik pada ´World Toilet Summit 2013´ di Solo, Rabu (2/10).
Johan mengatakan, menurut Asosiasi Toilet Indonesia (ATI) masih sering dijumpai kondisi toilet sekolah yang gelap dan bau di tempat anak-anak Indonesia menimba ilmu.
"Masih banyak banyak toilet sekolah yang kurang higienis, kondisi ini menjadi keprihatinan semua pihak yang terkait, seperti murid, orang tua, dan guru," kata Johan Mantik.
Menurutnya, saat ini baru 55% masyarakat Indonesia yang dapat menikmati akses sanitasi sehat dan toilet higienis. Padahal, lanjutnya, toilet yang tidak higienis merupakan sumber kontaminasi berbahaya untuk sejumlah kuman penyebab penyakit seperti diare, typus, dan muntaber.
Johan menyebutkan sanitasi dan perilaku kebersihan yang buruk serta air minum yang tidak aman memberikan kontribusi terhadap 88% kematian anak akibat diare di seluruh dunia.
UNITED Nations (UN) declared Indonesia as the country with the second worst sanitation in the world, about indiscriminate defecation. Indonesia is just better than India which is ranked first but worse than the other 8 countries namely Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Nepal, China, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
Assistant Brand Building Manager Domestos Toilet Cleaner and Vixal PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, Johan Mantik the data refers to the UN stated that 100 million people of 250 million people in Indonesia do not have access to proper sanitation.
"The UN Global data in 2010 revealed that 63 million people in Indonesia do not have toilets and defecate just anywhere such as in a river, sea or on land," said Johan Mantik the ´World Toilet Summit 2013´ in Solo on Wednesday (2/10) .
Johan said, according to the Indonesian Toilet Association (ATI) is often found school toilet conditions are dark and smelly.
"There are many many schools are less hygienic toilets, these conditions concern all stakeholders, such as students, parents, and teachers," said Johan Mantik.
According to him, currently only 55% of Indonesia´s population who have access to healthy sanitation and hygienic toilets.
In fact, he continued, hygienic toilet that is not a source of contamination for a number of harmful germs that cause diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid, and diarrhea.
Johan mention sanitation and poor hygiene practices and unsafe drinking water contributes to 88% of deaths due to diarrhea in children throughout the world.
