The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria will need to build 3.9 million toilets annually to meet the ending of open defecation by 2025 target. UNICEF Chief of Water for Sanitation ...

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 ...

In a bid to end one of Kenya's most persistent public health hurdles, the Government of Japan and UNICEF have inked a Sh515 million deal aimed at eradicating open defecation and securing clean water ...

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A UNICEF representative, Mr Uba Lawal, said the review meeting was timely as 2025 was drawing near. The National Coordinator, Clean Nigeria Campaign, said this at a two-day “2023 North East Review ...

Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja, have called on government at all levels to proffer lasting solutions to the menace of open defecation in the area. The residents, who made the call in ...

GULU - Gulu authorities have decried the rising incidence of open defecation in the city. Open defecation refers to the practice of defecating in fields, forests, bushes, bodies of water, or other ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Caroline Akinyi, a member of Bar Agulu Community Group shows members the different types of Unicef-funded SATO toilet ...

Although rural Karnataka was declared “Open Defecation Free” in 2018, a survey of women in 390 Scheduled Caste households in Chikkodi taluk, Belagavi, has found that nearly 50% of the households do ...

The Kwara State Government has raised fresh concerns over the growing health and environmental risks associated with open defecation, calling on residents across the state to embrace proper sanitation ...

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 ...

The Lagos State Government has urged businesses to open their toilets to the public as part of efforts to end open defecation and improve sanitation in the state. Environment and Water Resources ...