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

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 ...

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 ...

The Nandom Traditional Authority in the Upper West Region has declared its full support for the Media Coalition Against Open ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...