The practice spreads diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A and typhoid through entire communities, the UN officials said, costing about $US260 billion ...

Governor Nwifuru said this on Friday, when a UNICEF advocacy team, led by the organisation’s Nigeria Chief of Field Services, ...

Based on the Joint Monitoring Program report (2014), published by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), 55 million people in Indonesia practice open defecation, making it the second highest ...

The Federal Government has revealed that over 45 million Nigerians still practice open defecation, underscoring slow progress in sanitation as the country marks World Toilet Day 2025. Speaking at a ...

Ebonyi State Government and the UNICEF have agreed to deepen collaboration to tackle open defecation, cholera, child ...

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to making the state open-defecation-free by 2030. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, gave the assurance in ...

The Federal Government has declared its commitment to tackling sanitation challenges and achieving an open defecation-free Nigeria by the year 2030. The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal ...

THE UN is calling for the end of open defecation as it spreads diseases and costs about $US260 billion worldwide. The practice spreads diseases like diarrhoea ...

Five startups have won ₦3.5 million each totalling N17.5 million and four months mentorship at the Water Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Hackathon Innovation fair 2.0 to end open defecation. The five ...

Alumni Association of Nigeria (JAAN) has pledged commitment to help achieve Open Defecation-Free status in all ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Belagavi, Dec 19 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Friday that open defecation, child marriage and child pregnancies persist in the North Karnataka region despite ...

Salman Khan to make a short film to raise a stink about the menace of open defecation; Mumbai likely to be declared open defecation free (ODF) on his birthday on December 27 The next time you see ...