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Re:“Medieval” Diseases Flare as Unsanitary Living Conditions... by lisper on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:47AM (#19463686)
> these small homes have electricity and satellite TV.

Not all of them. In many parts of Africa, electricity is still a luxury, as is having a supply of clean water nearby.

What African villagers have that American urban homeless people do not is access to open land where they can dig a latrine.

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Re:“Medieval” Diseases Flare as Unsanitary Living Conditions... by kylehotchkiss on Friday March 22, 2019 @01:52PM (#19465007)
I saw the small homes with satellites in a Nepali village in the hills. It was very confusing at first to see people enjoying Indian TV shows in their homes (described above) and playing on their smartphones. I think they had a village latrine though.
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