The Chief of Gomoa Brofoyedur in the Gomoa Central District has announced plans to complete a new public toilet facility as ...

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it will continue to support the Federal Government to end open defecation in the country. The international agency also said ...

India has an unlikely new public health hero: a giant, anthropomorphic stool that chases people to squat in toilets. Mr Poo, who appears in commercials accompanied by a groovy techno anthem, is the ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (GPI)--Villagers are collecting cement, pebbles, iron rods and pipes in Panchthar, a district in eastern Nepal. They are building toilets for their homes. Menuka Sharma, 40, ...

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 status ...

A group of villagers walks through Jiling, in the Nuwakot district of central Nepal, with eyes glued to the ground. They cut narrow paths around rice fields and yield to goats until they find what ...

With Nigeria ranking second among countries with the worst open defecation practices, the Federal Government has launched a new campaign to bring about behaviour change and sensitise the public on the ...

Ogun State government has criminalised open urination and defecation as part of measures to put permanent stop to open defecation in the state. Read Also: 2025 Deadline: FG to intensify campaign on ...

The Oyo State Government says it is working hard to end open defecation in the state by 2028, saying anyone who goes against the law would be reprimanded. Mr Dotun Oyelade, Commissioner for ...

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 ...