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A new UNICEF report that Nigeria requires approximately 20 million toilets to eliminate open defecation indicates that Africa’s most populous country is off the rails concerning achieving ...

GOVERNMENT is set to launch a programme that would see the construction of toilets in rural settlements where open defecation ...

District Collector P Prasanthi announced on Friday that East Godavari has been officially declared open defecation-free.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said only 134 out of 774 local government areas in Nigeria are Open ...

The high prevalence of Open Defecation in Nigeria remains a serious concern as it exacerbates the progression of the ...

An official report has contradicted Indian government claims that rural areas of the country are completely free from the practice of open defecation. The National Statistical Office (NSO ...

Residents of Ibafo Kara, in Ogun State, have appealed to the government to help address the twin problems of open defecation and indiscriminate waste dumping they are grappling with in the community.

DINDIGUL: As many as 182 panchayat villages have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission ...

Parameswaran Iyer, who was handpicked to lead the Swachh Bharat Mission, explains why it was different in its approach from ...

MATABELELAND North has been ranked top in open defecation due to lack of sanitary facilities, a new report has shown, amid fears this could lead to the spread of communicable diseases such as ...