An estimated 2.6 billion people, about 40% of the world’s population, have no access to toilets and defecate anywhere they can. As a result, more than 2 million people — including 1.5 million children — die from complications of chronic diarrhea. Executive producer and correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Singapore and Indonesia to understand why people don’t use toilets and what’s being done to end the practice of open defecation.
‘World’s Toilet Crisis’
Indonesia’s Gross-Out Factor: Scenes from Vanguard
In more than 2,000 villages across rural Indonesia, people are starting to take responsibility for their own defecation. watch video
Exclusive Sneak Peek: World’s Toilet Crisis
In an exclusive sneak peek from this coming season of Vanguard, correspondent Adam Yamaguchi investigates one of the world’s biggest public health crises: the 2.6 billion people living without toilets. watch video
The World’s Toilet Crisis: ‘Vanguard’ Trailer
In this episode of Vanguard, Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Singapore and Indonesia to understand why people don’t use toilets and what’s being done to end the practice of open defecation. watch video
How to Grow Organic with Human Waste: Scenes from ‘Vanguard’
In this scene from Vanguard’s “The World’s Toilet Crisis,” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi can’t resist getting his hands dirty. watch video
War On the Border: A 3-Part ‘Vanguard’ Special
On the heels of receiving the 69th annual Peabody Award and the 2010 Television Academy Honor Award, Current TV’s “Vanguard” will air a three-part special on the U.S.-Mexico border issue this fall. watch video
World’s Toilet Crisis
An estimated 2.6 billion people, about 40% of the world’s population, have no access to toilets and defecate anywhere they can. watch video
Making ‘The World’s Toilet Crisis’
Scribbled across the white board in Yasu Tsuji’s edit room are the words: “A toilet is not just a toilet.” read post
