Open defecation Eliminating open defecation, a practice strongly associated with poverty and exclusion, is critical to accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG ...

A recent study spanning India, Indonesia, Mali, and Tanzania found that sanitisation programmes designed to eliminate open defecation significantly improved child health and height.

The Nasarawa State Government says it has entered into synergy with various private investors to provide toilets in public places in order to eradicate the scourge of open defecation across the 13 ...