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 ...

BAMENDA, Cameroon (GPI)--At a large compound in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s Northwest region, a series of apartments houses more than 15 residents. Those residents share just one pit toilet.

According to United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) figures, about 46 million Nigerians practice open defecation. This statistics puts Nigeria second after India in the world ranking of countries with ...

SIR: According to the 2018 National Outcome Routine Mapping (NORM) Report, 47 million Nigerians practice open defecation. In other words, one out of four Nigerians engage in open defecation. Nigeria ...

BORMI, Bangladesh (AP) — Answering nature’s call was once a nightmare for Rashida Begum, who had to creep around the jungle for a suitably private spot. Her home had no toilet, like the thousands of ...

The Swachh Bharat mission, launched in 2014, was an ambitious effort to stop open defecation. It's far from reaching that goal. Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, ...

Open defecation Eliminating open defecation, a practice strongly associated with poverty and exclusion, is critical to accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) sanitation ...

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)'s Ghana office, in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), on Wednesday premiered an art exhibition in Accra to address issues ...

JAKARTA: Thousands of Jakartan households are still practicing open defecation across the city due to overcrowding and poor housing conditions. The city administration is pushing to build more ...

As the country heads to the polls, the current prime minister is declaring victory in his "Clean India" campaign. His party still won't acknowledge that the real problem is inequality. Over the next ...

Answering nature's call was once a nightmare for Rashida Begum, who had to creep around the jungle for a suitably private spot. Her home had no toilet, like the thousands of others in her crowded ...