She said that many women and girls were being sexually assaulted as they defecated in the bush. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Toilet for All: Focusing on leaving no one behind”. The 10,000 ...

Fact-Check: An edited image is being shared to falsely claim that the Canadian government had to put up posters asking Indians not to defecate in the open.

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 ...

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Terlumun Utsev, made the declaration on Tuesday in Otukpo. Utsev, who was represented by the Director of Quality Control and Sanitation, Elizabeth ...

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 ...

*Every year, Nigeria rolls out new campaigns to end open defecation. Billboards go up, slogans fly, and pledges pour in. But for millions, the bush remains their only bathroom. Not by choice, but by ...

As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Bayelsa State government intervene to prevent and fight cholera outbreaks, they have lamented that 60 per cent of communities in the state ...

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The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has urged the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other development partners to adopt proper data collection strategies to enable effective ...