LGAs open defecation-free out of 774 By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – AS Nigerians continue to experience waterborne diseases, the ...

To discourage open defecation, senior health professionals have called on the state and local governments to make public toilets usage free of charge for the populace.They noted that the required fees ...

The Swachh Bharat Mission has significantly impacted public health, with WHO noting the saving of 300,000 children's lives.

Those countries where open defecation is most widely practised have the highest numbers of deaths of children under the age of five, as well as high levels of undernutrition, high levels of ...

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...

The government's Swachh Bharat Mission has helped save lives of three lakh children in the country according to a WHO report, ...

The children in Jawda know ... Some may also prize the opportunity to get together with their girlfriends. Open defecation, as strange as this may sound to Westerners, offers young women a ...

He explains that open defecation pollutes soil and water ... who can offer little to their infants, leaving children with multiple intestinal infections. After rains and floods, disease-carrying ...

Residents of Charkor Electoral Area in the Wa Municipality are apprehensive of cholera in the area as a result of the lack of public toilets, leading to open defecation ...

Veerapandian urged school managements and the public to cooperate with the government in this initiative, which aims at the ...