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

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 ...

"I am moved by the fact that a child dies every 2 and a half minutes from diseases linked to open defecation. Those are silent deaths – not reported on in the media, not the subject of public ...

The Federal Government is to introduce a National Performance Scorecard as a ranking system to measure and compare states’ efforts towards achieving Open Defecation Free Nigeria by the year 2030.

Visitors get tips for open-air best practices. Noguso, as it is known in Japanese, requires digging a hole. Also needed are a leaf or two for wiping, a bottle of water to wash up and twigs to mark ...

The 2019 Kenya Population Housing and Census Report (KPHC) revealed that 85 per cent of open defecation occurs in counties such as Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Wajir, West Pokot, Garissa ...

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 ...

The Federal Government, Thursday, moved the 2025 deadline to end open defecation to 2030, as 48 million Nigerians still practise it. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources and ...

In a bid to tackle the persistent menace of open defecation in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation has partnered the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to amplify ...

“It’s great to have stars like Akshay and films like Toilet: Ek Prem Katha spotlighting the open defecation crisis,” he alluded. “It helps drive awareness, not only about the issues but ...