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 ...

Nigeria’s battle against open defecation has been ongoing for years, with the government setting ambitious targets to end the practice. The Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet campaign, launched in ...

Similarly, Nigeria has the high­est burden of NTDs in Africa. In Nigeria, Ebonyi state leads in open defecation with 73 percent followed by Plateau and Kogi with 56 percent each. In the South ...

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free ...

The 2019 Kenya Population Housing and Census Report (KPHC) revealed that 85 per cent of open defecation occurs in counties such as Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Wajir, West Pokot, Garissa ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...