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 ...

Today is World Toilet Day. Do you have one or do you defecate in open spaces? If you resort to open defecation, you contribute to the country’s health challenges. Our resolve to eliminate open ...

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 ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Access to improved sanitation can increase cognition in children, according to a new World Bank study, the latest research to link stunting and open defecation.

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