Based on the Joint Monitoring Program report (2014), published by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), 55 million people in Indonesia practice open defecation, making it the second highest ...

ASHA workers — who monitor the health of mothers and children, encourage vaccinations, conduct field surveys on ...

Ms. Chidumebi, open defecation remains a persistent and growing concern in Nigeria. From a public health standpoint, how serious is this issue? The challenge is both urgent and far-reaching. Nigeria ...

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, the ...

*Every year, Nigeria rolls out new campaigns to end open defecation. Billboards go up, slogans fly, and pledges pour in. But for millions, the bush remains their only bathroom. Not by choice, but by ...

‎The federal government has declared Katsina State open defecation-free. This brings to two states that have attained state-wide open defecation free status and one hundred and fifty-eight local ...

L-R: Dr Segun Michaels, National Coordinator, National Water Resources Capacity Building Network, Cassandra Uzo-Ogbugh, Head, External Affairs, Media and Partnerships, Reckitt Sub-Saharan Africa, ...

A sanitation improvement project implemented by a Chinese firm has transformed living conditions in Tete City, western Mozambique, by replacing open defecation with safe, dignified, and ...

Plans are underway to end open defecation in the 11 local government areas that make up the metropolitan city of Ibadan. To achieve the set goal, the Olubadan of Ibadanland Oba (Dr) Owolabi ...