An exclusive quality of Indians living in India is the ability to look the other way when we ourselves are severely ...

Prof. Joseph Utsev, has urged state governments to take decisive measures against open defecation by developing clear, time-bound action plans that align with the revised Clean Nigeria Campaign ...

Worried about intractable open defecation, the Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the state’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to fully enforce environmental laws against it and ...

Residents have complained that the practice of open defecation persists across north Chennai mainly due to dilapidated and unsafe public toilets. “Most public toilets in the region are not ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev, has pledged to support Benue State in achieving Open Defecation-Free (ODF) status before the end of 2025, joining Jigawa as ...

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

Stakeholders in the environment space and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) have expressed mixed reactions on the feasibility of Nigeria achieving open defecation-free target by 2030 with over 48 ...

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.

The Federal Government has said it will work with governors to reinforce the campaign against open defecation. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Joseph Utsev said during the 3rd National ...

Kids keep performing poorly on standardized tests ... Yet these schools remain open, draining dollars — without boosting achievement. For taxpayers — and parents seeking better schools ...

Children are open and curious – and this makes them natural philosophers. There are 3 simple ways to step through a ...