The renewed campaign against open defecation should not become another ceremonial exercise that ends with lofty declarations and forgotten promises. Nigeria has held many conferences, unveiled policy ...

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 ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...