Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022
Telangana won the first prize under the large states category under the Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2022 which looks into the sanitation status of rural areas. Haryana was in the second position while
Open Defecation
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Uganda: 30,000 to Miss Out On Government Support Over Open Defecation
Moroto — In a bid to eliminate the culture of open defecation in Karamoja Sub-region, Rupa Sub-county leaders in Moroto District have barred 33,000 residents from accessing government programmes until
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Nigeria Ranks 3rd Position in Open Defaecation- Unicef Chief
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) says Nigeria is ranked third among the countries of the world where people still practise open defaecation. Mr Zaid Jurji, the UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation
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Namibia: More Villages to Be Declared ODF
Ongwediva — In the quest to increase sanitation coverage and accessibility to proper toilets in the country, five more villages are awaiting to be verified and certified as Open Defecation Free (ODF).
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Ghana among top 10 countries in the world without decent toilets
Ghana has been named among the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest percentage of 85.7 of its population without decent toilets. This equals about 23 million people who suffer the fear and indignity
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Towards a new research and policy paradigm: an analysis of the sanitation situation in large dense villages
The discourses on rural and urban spaces in India in the context of physical infrastructure have divulged their inherent characteristic differences. However, given the trends of urbanisation in India there
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Open defecation costs Ghana over $79 million a year- Report
Open defecation costs Ghana over 79 million dollars a year, a 2012 World Bank report says. It is also estimated, that one in five Ghanaians defecate openly, whilst only one in seven house-holds in the
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Ugandans urged to shun cultural biases against toilets
Pupils carry a placard with an informative message as they matched to the music of a brass band in commemoration of the Global Hand Washing Day at Chinyi Primary School in Moyo district The deputy commandant
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Guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has updated the existing guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The revised guidelines aims to help the States/UTs and other stakeholders to find all
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MOST households on the outskirts of Windhoek do not have toilets.
In rural areas, roughly 72 percent and 12 percent of people in urban areas still relieve themselves in the open. According to a 2015 Formative Research Report on Open Defecation Status in Namibia done
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Most slum dwellers in Hyderabad still opt for open defecation
HYDERABAD: The GHMC may have declared all of its 150 wards to be open defecation free(ODF) on Independence Day this year, there are still people in certain pockets and several slums in the city who have