The process of excretion or defecation is as important as eating food. Getting rid of the waste products in your body reduces the chances of infections and bacterial diseases to affect you. There are ...

Ogun State is currently under the siege of a cholera outbreak that is sweeping through communities, leaving deaths in its trail. So far, about 12 deaths have been reported, while over 200 cases ...

Two young girls from rural India left their home in the middle of the night to answer nature’s call. Like millions in India, their homes had no access to bathrooms. The following morning, their bodies ...

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...

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Residents of Chorkor, a coastal community in Accra, are grappling with the challenges of open defecation, posing significant health risks to the community. The lack of access to sanitary facilities ...

The open defecation invites pigs from the neighbouring slums, making hospital all the more inhospitable. A large number of patients from Chatra and Koderma districts of Jharkhand visit ANMMCH on a ...