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GFA World Joins in Fight Against ‘Stinkiest’ Global Health Crisis

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WILLS POINT, TX — A global humanitarian organization is helping combat the world’s “stinkiest” health emergency — people defecating in the open — a new report reveals. Gospel for Asia (GFA World) is installing thousands of toilets in some of the world’s remotest and least developed areas — places where people typically relieve themselves in the bushes, by the local river, or in the street.It’s part of a global effort to curb deadly diseases spread by people practicing open defecation, known as OD, says the agency’s new report Taking the Toilet Challenge . SOLVING A DEADLY STINKY PROBLEM: Texas-based humanitarian organization  Gospel for Asia (GFA World)  is helping combat the world’s “stinkiest” health emergency — people defecating in the open. The agency just released a new report,  Taking the Toilet Challenge . OD spreads cholera, dysentery, hepatitis, typhoid and leads to chronic diarrhea — killing millions of children worldwide every year. OD is not just a health cri...