“Investing in sanitation is about giving people health, dignity and development,” said the Dutch crown prince Willem-Alexander today in a speech at the UN-Water Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden.

“It leads to lower child mortality, better maternal health, fewer deaths from waterborne diseases, fewer girls dropping out of school and more women playing an active role in their communities. I repeat today what I have been saying for the past several months: every dollar spent on sanitation is a dollar spent on at least five other Millennium Development Goals,” the Prince of Orange said.