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 ...

Mr Zaid Jurji, Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for <strong>UNICEF</strong> says eliminating open defecation requires every Nigerian getting involved to ...

For residents of Daramola Abete, in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos, shot put is not the track and field sport that has delivered glory for many athletes on TV screens, but a less glamorous term for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

ABUJA – AS Nigerians continue to experience waterborne diseases, the Federal Government, Wednesday, demanded the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, develop an action plan to end Open ...

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.

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 ...

31% of rural communities in the Philippines still practice open defecation. The World Bank is working with the government through a campaign to use hygienic toilets. Since the campaign in 2013, 4 ...