Open defecation, as strange as this may sound to ... But in India the number of urban slum dwellers who do so is on the rise, as the population increases and villagers migrate to cities that ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, have expressed worry over the menace of open defecation across the state, calling on relevant authorities to curb the act immediately through massive ...

The petitioners sought direction to BMC to provide reasonably sufficient toilet blocks for men and women, due to the acute inadequacy of toilets servicing the said area.

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called on the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to enforce environmental laws against open defecation and provide free public toilets ...