The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a bill to ban open defecation, aiming to improve public health, sanitation, and hygiene across the state.

Contributing to the debate, the lawmakers said the bill aligned with national and global initiatives aimed at eliminating open defecation.

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 ...

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.

The Katsina Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State has flagged off a two-week intensive campaign to eliminate open defecation across 290 communities. Chairman of the council, Alhaji Isah Miqdad, ...

<em>” We are fighting war against open defecation for the benefit of our children, youths and aged ones in our communities and we will continue till everybody has ...

In commemoration of the 2020 World Toilet Day, Harpic, Nigeria’s leading toilet cleaning brand from Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the market leader in health, hygiene, and home care products, has partnered ...

The Lagos State Government has arrested at least 275 residents across different parts of the state for defecating in public places despite the availability of 8,710 functional public toilets.PUNCH ...

Officials responsible for enforcing environmental sanitation laws in Lagos State have arrested five people for defecating in public places.The arrests happened during an early morning sanitation ...

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 ...