The National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over allegations that inadequate sanitation facilities at the Maha Kumbh Mela have led to open defecation along ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has convicted eight individuals for open defecation in parts of Accra, remanding seven of them into prison custody after they failed to pay court ...

She said that many women and girls were being sexually assaulted as they defecated in the bush. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Toilet for All: Focusing on leaving no one behind”. The 10,000 ...

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A man works on a toilet bowl seat in a shopping complex specializing in selling secondhand toilet parts in Jakarta on Nov. 14, 2017. - AFP JAKARTA: Thousands of Jakartan households are still ...

Gabriel Kwabla Kwatsikor, Assembly Member for the Dziehe-Ablame Electoral Area, has made an urgent appeal for assistance to address persistent sanitation challenges confronting his communities.

One billion people worldwide still practice "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said Thursday at the launch of a study on ...

PLUMTREE Town Council has imposed stringent by-laws that prohibit open defecation in the border town. The by-laws are contained in the Statutory Instrument 126 of 2025 [Chapter 29:15] under Plumtree ...

The 'Strong Together' project, a collaborative effort between Plan International Ghana and Safisa Ghana Limited, aims to address the pressing issues of open defecation, improper waste disposal, and ...

The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, Prayagraj Mela Authority and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board in response to claims that poor sanitation ...

Claim: India is number 1 in open defecation globally. Fact Check: This is false, Over 20 countries, particularly in the Sub-Saharan African region, have higher rates. An infographic claiming India is ...