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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man works on a toilet bowl seat in a shopping complex specializing in selling secondhand toilet parts in Jakarta on Nov. 14, 2017. - AFP JAKARTA: Thousands of Jakartan households are still ...

In the final part of this report, BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes that Owena Ijesa, Osun State is in danger of another epidemic as refuse dumps and open defecation dot the community, which relies on the ...

Caroline Akinyi, a member of Bar Agulu Community Group shows members the different types of Unicef-funded SATO toilet bowls at Bar Agulu Health Center. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Mary Achieng walks ...

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 ...