"I am moved by the fact that a child dies every 2 and a half minutes from diseases linked to open defecation. Those are silent deaths – not reported on in the media, not the subject of public ...

No fewer than 48 million people including 18 million children in Nigeria still practise open defecation, according to UNICEF. According to UNICEF, 3.5 billion people all over the world are living ...

Open defecation Eliminating open defecation, a practice strongly associated with poverty and exclusion, is critical to accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG ...

Ogun State government has criminalised open urination and defecation as part of measures to put permanent stop to open defecation in the state. Read Also: 2025 Deadline: FG to intensify campaign ...

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 ...