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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Nasarawa State Government says it has entered into synergy with various private investors to provide toilets in public places in order to eradicate the scourge of open defecation across the 13 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...