Some of us are not aware of the impacts of open-air defecation. We are not even aware of what is open-air defecation. Basically, open-air defecation is the emptying of bowels in an open environment ...

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 ...

For Uganda, a country whose millions of citizens still practice open defecation, it must use students to go into communities and sensitize them against this vice, Dr. Moses Ntaro has recommended. Dr.

GENEVA (Reuters) - One billion people worldwide still practise "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said on Thursday at the launch ...

From mothers leading their children to vacant lots at daybreak, to government bid to enforce new sanitation laws, Niger State finds itself grappling with a deepening crisis of open defecation — and ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, 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 Lagos State Government has intensified its enforcement against open defecation, arresting 46 offenders in a fresh crackdown across major commercial corridors on Lagos Island. The arrests were ...

From Okwe Obi, AbujaIn its commitment to strengthening sanitation standards and safeguarding public health, the Cross River State House of Assembly has passed the Open Defecation Prohibition Bill.The ...

Defecation is the natural and essential process of having a bowel movement. It is the body’s way of getting rid of waste material. Sometimes, there may be complications with the defecation reflex.

The Lagos State Government has arrested 46 individuals for open defecation as part of its ongoing efforts to protect public health and maintain environmental sanitation across the state. The arrests ...