Open defecation is an affront to the dignity, health and well-being, especially of girls and women. For example, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world lack privacy when they are ...

In downtown Kalamazoo, options include public restrooms inside the Kalamazoo Public Library and the outdoor Portland Loo, located at 108 E. Water St. Or, you can try your luck with local ...

UNITED NATIONS—Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, said the UN’s ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Congolese to end open defecation, the agency’s representative in Congo, Micaela Marques de Sousa, said Thursday in Brazzaville, pointing out that more ...

Today open defecation is on the decline worldwide, but nearly 950 million people still routinely practice it. Some 569 million of them live in India. Walk along its train tracks or rural roads ...

Defecation is the natural and essential process of having a bowel movement. It is the body’s way of getting rid of waste material. Sometimes, there may be complications with the defecation reflex.

So, I congratulate Plateau State and I’m hopeful that the state will join other states that will be Open Defecation free by 2030 because when I met His Excellency, the executive governor, I saw ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have "transformational benefits" for some of the world's most vulnerable people, says the UN's partner sanitation body ...