African city mayors, meeting under the auspices of the African Water and Sanitation Association (Afwasa), have committed to ...

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

Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...

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 ...

Ibadan residents face cholera, dysentery, others over open defecation fields at Kudeti River•Berate government over lack of interventionIn this report, PHILIP IBITOYE examines the lingering effects of ...

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 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 ...

As the MDGs era comes to a conclusion with the end of the year, 2016 ushers in the official launch of the bold and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by world leaders ...

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

Dharavi slum redevelopment project achieves milestones with 50,000 surveys completed for rehabilitation. Pravrajya Suruchi Updated : Feb 14, 2025, 04:52 PM IST Dharavi, one of the most well-known and ...