Lusaka - Zambia: 46 villages in Sisinje ward of Chipangali district, have attained an Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Regional branches of the Media Coalition Against Open Defecation (M-CODe), with support from World Vision Ghana, are set to ...

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 ...

Residents say the absence of sanitation facilities inconveniences women, children and elderly people. They claim authorities ...

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 ...

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 ...