(Opinion) A recent study by Instituto Trata Brasil, based on 2022 data from the Brazilian stats agency IBGE, paints a dire picture of sanitation in Brazil. It found that 46.2% of homes lack basic sanitation out of 74 million. This situation encompasses 8.9 million homes lacking access to a water network and 16.8 million experiencing […]
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