Claim: India is number 1 in open defecation globally. Fact Check: This is false, Over 20 countries, particularly in the Sub-Saharan African region, have higher rates. An infographic claiming India is ...

One of the problems bedevilling Nigeria is the health effects of open defecation whose impact, according to available statistics, is huge. In this special report, OKWY IROEGBU-CHIKEZIE writes that it ...

United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) has disclosed that about 125 million US dollars would be needed for the construction of 2.5 million latrines to eradicate open defecation in Ebonyi. According to ...

Salako said this at the public hearing by the House of Representatives Committee on Environment, on the need to end open defecation in Nigeria and increase the number of toilets annually. “The ...

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, ...

The Lagos State government has promised to intensify efforts at building a resilient city by eliminating open defecation and prioritising good sanitation practices across the state. Commissioner for ...

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 ...

“…The men were defecating in the open like a defensive wall in front of the slum, making a line that no respectable human should cross. The wind wafted the stench ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reaffirmed its commitment to achieving Open Defecation Free (ODF) status across the six Area Councils of the FCT by 2027. Speaking at a one-day ...