Residents of Atwima Yabi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region are facing a mounting health and safety crisis, with many forced to resort to open defecation due to a lack of functional ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Chief of Gomoa Brofoyedur in the Gomoa Central District has announced that the community is poised to complete a new ...

Children’s laughter skimmed over water the color of mud as mothers wrung laundry over banks where the Sekadau joins the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In India, Hindus are, on average, richer and more educated than Muslims. But oddly, Hindus' child mortality rate is much higher. All observable factors say Hindus should fare better, but they don't.

Today is World Toilet Day. Do you have one or do you defecate in open spaces? If you resort to open defecation, you contribute to the country’s health challenges. Our resolve to eliminate open ...

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 ...