Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang said his administration has taken a firm stand against open defecation, saying, “I can’t stand the health implications of open defecation in my state.” He ...

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022, the country remains among 36 countries still grappling with this unhealthy practice. Though Kenya’s Open Defacation(OD) ...

In the final part of this report, BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes that Owena Ijesa, Osun State is in danger of another epidemic as refuse dumps and open defecation dot the community, which relies on the ...

Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, have called on government at all levels to proffer lasting solutions to the menace of open defecation in the area. The residents, who made the call in ...

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 ...

As Plateau State intensifies in its statewide campaign against the menace of open defecation across the state, the State’s Programme Coordinator, Engr. Jonathan Malann, in this encounter in Jos, tells ...

As the Lagos State Government battles poor sanitation and waste management, open defecation is still a common sight due to inadequate sanitary facilities in public spaces. IDOWU ABDULLAHI writes on ...